SB 894 Summary

• Governor or designee authorized to negotiate with owners of Turtle Bay Hotel and Resort property in Kahuku, Oahu to conserve undeveloped portions through purchase, easement, or other legal means.

• Financing options include legislative appropriations, general obligation bonds, exchange of public lands, transfer of development rights, federal or county funds, private funds, donations, or other negotiated means.

• Lands to be conserved include undeveloped areas not used for existing hotel and condominiums, such as golf courses, stables, parking areas, and nurseries that could be relocated.

• Governor or designee must submit a report to the legislature no later than twenty days before the regular 2014 session regarding conservation efforts.

• Unspecified sum appropriated from general revenues for fiscal years 2013-2014 and 2014-2015, to be managed by the Department of Land and Natural Resources; unexpended funds lapse as of June 30, 2018.