Hawaii · statute · Haw. Rev. Stat. ch. 180 · 16 active provisions
Whenever used in this chapter: "Director" means a member of the governing body of a district. "District" or "soil and water conservation district" means a governmental subdivision of this State, and a public body corporate and politic, organized in accordance with this chapter. "Due notice" means notice given during a…
The department of land and natural resources shall keep a record of its official actions and may perform acts and adopt rules as may be necessary for the execution of its functions under this chapter. It may call upon the attorney general for legal services or employ its own counsel in conformity with section 28-8.3. I…
The department of land and natural resources may: (1) Offer appropriate assistance to the directors of districts in carrying out their powers and programs; (2) Keep districts informed of the activities of other such districts and facilitate cooperation between them; (3) Coordinate district programs so far as that may b…
Occupiers of land representing a total of twenty-five or more votes lying within an area proposed to be organized into a district may file a petition with the department of land and natural resources asking that the district be organized. The department shall prescribe the form of the petitions, which shall state: (1)…
Within thirty days after the filing of such a petition, the department of land and natural resources shall cause due notice to be given of a public meeting to consider the question of the need for the creation of the district, whether local public sentiment is in favor of its creation and the area that should be includ…
After the department of land and natural resources has determined that there is need for and local public sentiment is in favor of the creation of a proposed district it shall, within a reasonable time, give due notice of and hold a referendum upon the question of the creation of the district, and, at the same time, ho…
The department of land and natural resources shall, within a reasonable time thereafter, determine whether the operation of the proposed district would be administratively practicable and feasible; provided that it shall not have the authority to determine in favor of the creation of the district unless at least a majo…
To complete the organization of the district, the department of land and natural resources shall present to the lieutenant governor a statement setting out the name of the district and its boundaries, and certifying that the procedures prescribed in this chapter for the organization of a district have been fully compli…
After six months after the date of a determination by the department of land and natural resources that the operation of a proposed district would not be administratively practicable and feasible, subsequent petitions covering the same or substantially the same territory may be filed as aforesaid.
Petitions for adding territory to an existing district may be filed with the department of land and natural resources and the proceedings herein provided for the organization of a district shall be observed in such case. Where the number of land occupier votes in the area proposed to be added is less than twenty-five,…
Petitions for the consolidation of two or more districts may be filed with the department of land and natural resources. The petitions must be signed by a majority of the members of the governing body, or by twenty-five or more land occupier votes in, each district proposed to be consolidated. In such event the procedu…
The terms of office of the two district directors appointed pursuant to section 180-7 shall be three years, except that those first appointed shall be for one and two years, respectively. The terms of the three elected directors shall be three years. Unexpired terms shall be filled by a majority vote of the district's…
A district organized under this chapter, and the directors thereof, shall have, in addition to other powers granted in this chapter, the power to: (1) Provide for and encourage surveys, investigations, and research relating to soil and water conservation, and publish and disseminate information concerning such subjects…
Agencies of the state government, or other governmental subdivisions of the State, which have jurisdiction over publicly owned lands lying within any soil and water conservation district, may cooperate with the district in the effectuation of programs and operations of the district. District directors shall be given ac…
At any time after five years after the organization of a district under this chapter, any occupiers of land representing twenty-five or more votes lying within the district may petition the department of land and natural resources to terminate the existence of the district. The department may conduct such meetings and…
The department of land and natural resources shall submit to the director of finance, annually the budgetary estimates and information required by chapter 37, and shall include therein estimates of the financial requirements of the department. All contributions, moneys, and funds received by any district shall be depos…