HI SB2670

Requires the Board of Land and Natural Resources to seek input from existing public land lessees when considering proposals from renewable energy producers to lease that land

Stems from November 2008 incident where the Board proposed awarding a direct lease of 37,000 acres of state lands to a bio-fuels company without notifying existing ranching tenants

Aims to allow renewable energy projects to coexist with current leaseholders' industries through negotiated compromises, such as improved infrastructure or compensation for displaced tenants

Seeks to protect Hawaii's livestock industry by preventing loss of control over large tracts of state-leased land that is critical to industry sustainability

Recommended for passage by the Committees on Water, Land, and Housing and Energy and Environment with support from Hawaii Cattlemen's Council and Molokai Farm Bureau