HI SB1099

Amends Section 205-49, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to add new subsection (e) authorizing the Land Use Commission to designate county or state lands as important agricultural lands in counties that fail to identify and recommend such lands by December 31, 2027.

Allows the Land Use Commission to adopt maps for designated important agricultural lands in non-compliant counties, subject to the process and criteria established in subsection (a).

Designations must be based on written findings of fact and conclusions of law presented at a public hearing in the affected county, and must meet the standards and criteria set forth in Section 205-44.

Effective date is July 1, 3000.