HI HB926

Amends Section 205A-43 of Hawaii Revised Statutes to modify shoreline setback requirements in counties with populations exceeding 500,000.

Establishes minimum setback of 20 feet from the shoreline or 20 feet from accreted lands, whichever is greater, in high-population counties (currently only Honolulu qualifies).

Defines "accreted lands" as lands judicially decreed or registered under the State's accretion laws.

Protects accreted beach areas from development that could necessitate future hardening of shorelines with artificial revetments or seawalls.

Applies prospectively only to undeveloped lands that have been judicially decreed or registered under State accretion laws; takes effect upon approval.