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HB 1088 - Amends the Commission on Water Resource Management of the Department of Land and Natural Resources Ability to Declare an Emergency Water Shortages - Hawaii Key Vote

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Title: Amends the Commission on Water Resource Management of the Department of Land and Natural Resources Ability to Declare an Emergency Water Shortages

Vetoed by Governor Josh Green


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Title: Amends the Commission on Water Resource Management of the Department of Land and Natural Resources Ability to Declare an Emergency Water Shortages

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that amends the conditions, manner, and areas in which the Commission on Water Resource Management of the Department of Land and Natural Resources can declare emergency water shortages.

Highlights:

  • Specifies that the commission on water resources management has the power to determine with county officials and the department of health an emergency if there is a lack of clean water (Sec. 1). 

  • Specifies that any party affected by the emergency order may counter the order but after shall immediately comply with it barring any injunction (Sec. 2). 

  • Specifies that the commission may declare a water emergency even if it is outside a specified water management area (Sec. 2). 

  • Specifies that emergency declarations shall consider the effects of the climate crisis when making declarations (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text

Title: Amends the Commission on Water Resource Management of the Department of Land and Natural Resources Ability to Declare an Emergency Water Shortages

Title: Amends the Commission on Water Resource Management of the Department of Land and Natural Resources Ability to Declare an Emergency Water Shortages

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