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HI Rev Stat § 166-2 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|166. Agricultural Parks|166-2 Definitions.

  §166-2 Definitions. For the purpose of this chapter:  "Agricultural activities" means the care and production of livestock, livestock products, poultry, or poultry products, or apiary, horticultural, or floricultural products, or the planting, cultivating, and harvesting of crops or trees, including tree farms.  "Agricultural park" means any agricultural or aquacultural complex so designated by the board, for which state land or state funds are used, in order to meet the goals and objectives stated in section 166-1. Agricultural buildings, farm residences, and employee dwellings necessary to the production and distribution of agricultural and aquacultural commodities may be considered part of the agricultural park.  "Aquacultural activities" means the farming or ranching of any plant or animal species in a controlled salt, brackish, or freshwater environment; provided that such farm or ranch is on or directly adjacent to land.  "Board" means the board of agriculture.  "Department" means the department of agriculture. [L 1986, c 222, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 166-3 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|166. Agricultural Parks|166-3 Authority to plan, develop, and manage agricultural parks.

  §166-3 Authority to plan, develop, and manage agricultural parks. The department of agriculture shall plan, develop, and manage agricultural parks in accordance with this chapter, on public lands set aside by the governor for use as agricultural parks pursuant to section 171-11; on other lands with the approval of the board of agriculture as may be subject to a partnership agreement pursuant to sections 166-4 and 166-5; and on lands acquired by the department by way of foreclosure, voluntary surrender, or otherwise pursuant to section 155-4(11). [L 1986, c 222, pt of §1; am L 1993, c 102, §1; am L 1998, c 11, §14]
HI Rev Stat § 166-3.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|166. Agricultural Parks|166-3.5 Commercial activity.

  §166-3.5 Commercial activity. The department may allow, in each of its existing and future agricultural parks, the disposition of no more than two lots within an agricultural park for the processing, marketing, and displaying of agricultural crops or commodities, which shall include any product created through value-added processes as defined by rules adopted by the board. The department shall allow agricultural-based commercial venture operations that may sell to the general public; provided that any such lots shall be leased and operated by an agricultural park lessee in good standing with the department. [L 1999, c 277, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 166-4 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|166. Agricultural Parks|166-4 Park development.

  §166-4 Park development. Except as herein provided, the department may develop, on behalf of the State or in partnership with a federal agency, a county, or a private party, agricultural parks which, at the option of the board, shall be exempt from all statutes, ordinances, charter provisions, and rules of any governmental agency relating to planning, zoning, construction standards for subdivisions, development and improvement of land, and the construction of buildings thereon; provided that:  (1) The board finds the agricultural park is consistent with the purpose and intent of this chapter, and meets minimum requirements of health and safety;  (2) The development of the proposed agricultural park does not contravene any safety standards or tariffs approved by the public utilities commission for public utilities;  (3) The legislative body of the county in which the agricultural park is to be situated shall have approved the agricultural park.  (A) The legislative body shall approve or disapprove the agricultural park within forty-five days after the department has submitted the preliminary plans and specifications for the agricultural park to the legislative body. If after the forty-fifth day an agricultural park is not disapproved, it shall be deemed approved by the legislative body.  (B) No action shall be prosecuted or maintained against any county, its officials, or employees, on account of actions taken by them in reviewing, approving, or disapproving the plans and specifications.  (C) The final plans and specifications for the agricultural park shall be deemed approved by the legislative body if the final plans and specifications do not substantially deviate from the preliminary plans and specifications. The final plans and specifications for the project shall constitute the planning, zoning, building, construction, and subdivision standards for that agricultural park. For purposes of sections 501-85 and 502-17, the chairperson of the board of agriculture or the responsible county official may certify maps and plans of lands connected with the agricultural park as having complied with applicable laws and ordinances relating to consolidation and subdivision of lands, and such maps and plans shall be accepted for registration or recordation by the land court and registrar; and  (4) The State shall assume the responsibility of maintaining all roads within the agricultural park if the roads are developed exempt from applicable county ordinances, charter provisions, and rules regarding roads. [L 1986, c 222, pt of §1; am L 1987, c 111, §1; am L 1990, c 52, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 166-5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|166. Agricultural Parks|166-5 Joint ventures.

  §166-5 Joint ventures. Any agricultural park developed by the department in partnership with a federal agency, a county, or a private party shall be subject to a partnership agreement approved by the board of agriculture, which agreement shall provide, at a minimum:  (1) A determination by the board that it is in the public interest to enter into the partnership agreement;  (2) Long-term assurance that the land will be utilized for agricultural or aquacultural purposes;  (3) Board approval of the agricultural park development plans and specifications;  (4) Selection and management of lessees in a manner approved by the board; and  (5) Conditions to ensure a public benefit from any state funds expended for the project. [L 1986, c 222, pt of §1; am L 1988, c 22, §1; am L 1990, c 52, §2; am L 1993, c 102, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 166-7 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|166. Agricultural Parks|166-7 Applicants.

  §166-7 Applicants. Any person, including a revocable living trust, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, or an agricultural cooperative organized under chapter 421 at least seventy-five per cent of the trustees, partners, officers and stockholders, or members of which qualify individually, may apply for an agricultural park lease if the person, trustees, partners, officers and stockholders, or members are eligible and qualified according to criteria set forth in rules adopted by the board in conformance with section 166-9. [L 1986, c 222, pt of §1; am L 1988, c 22, §3; am L 1990, c 52, §4; am L 1999, c 40, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 166-8 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|166. Agricultural Parks|166-8 Preference right.

  §166-8 Preference right. Any person who is otherwise qualified to take an agricultural park lot, who is a veteran with an honorable discharge, or who qualifies as a displaced farmer, or who operates a farm located in a zoning district where such use is a nonconforming use, or who qualifies as a new farmer, shall be given preference in obtaining an agricultural park lot. [L 1986, c 222, pt of §1; am L 1988, c 22, §4; am L 1990, c 52, §5]
HI Rev Stat § 166-9 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|166. Agricultural Parks|166-9 Rules.

  §166-9 Rules. The board shall adopt rules in accordance with chapter 91 in order to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. Such rules shall provide, without limitation, for definitions; planning generally and for intensive agricultural uses; general eligibility requirements; qualifications of applicants; preference rights; disposition of leases; lease provisions; lease restrictions generally and for intensive agricultural uses; and notice of breach or default. Rules adopted by the board for the purposes of this chapter shall be consistent with sections 171-11 and 171-20. [L 1986, c 222, pt of §1; am L 1988, c 22, §5; am L 1990, c 52, §6]
HI Rev Stat § 166-10 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|166. Agricultural Parks|166-10 Agricultural park special fund.

  §166-10 Agricultural park special fund. (a) There is created in the state treasury a special fund to be designated as the agricultural park special fund. The proceeds in the fund shall be used for the following purposes:  (1) Payment of agricultural park lease rents of privately owned lands under lease to the State pursuant to sections 171-112 and 166-3;  (2) Establishing, operating, maintaining, and improving infrastructure improvements in agricultural parks designated by the department pursuant to section 166-3; and  (3) Any other purposes deemed necessary by the department for the purpose of maintaining and operating those agricultural parks and related facilities designated by the department pursuant to section 166-3.  For the purpose of paragraph (2), infrastructure improvements may include, but shall not be limited to: irrigation water system projects, wind power or hydro power and pumping systems, waste disposal systems, domestic water systems, roads, street lights, land and roads drainage, and bridges.  (b) Moneys appropriated for the purpose of the fund; any other provision of the law to the contrary notwithstanding, all moneys received or collected from an agricultural park project designated pursuant to section 166-3, including residential and agricultural lot lease rents; and all money collected or received by the department for the use and maintenance of domestic and irrigation water systems within an agricultural park and other systems enumerated in subsection (a) shall be deposited into the agricultural park special fund. All interest earned or accrued on moneys deposited in the fund shall become a part of the fund. Moneys in the fund shall be expended upon warrants drawn by the comptroller. [L 1986, c 222, pt of §1; am L 1990, c 52, §7]
HI Rev Stat § 166-11 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|166. Agricultural Parks|166-11 Lease negotiation.

  §166-11 Lease negotiation. (a) The department of agriculture may negotiate and enter into leases with any person who:  (1) As of July 1, 1996, holds a revocable permit for agricultural purposes; or  (2) Has formerly held an agricultural lease which expired within the last ten years preceding July 1, 1996, and has continued to occupy the state land; and  (3) Does not own agriculturally-zoned land of twenty-five acres or more in the State, individually or jointly with a spouse, or whose spouse does not own twenty-five acres or more of agriculturally-zoned land in the State.  (b) The land eligible for lease negotiations under this section are limited to those lands:  (1) Zoned and used for agricultural purposes;  (2) Set aside by governor's executive order to the department of agriculture for agricultural uses only; and  (3) Not needed by any state or county agency for any other public purpose.  (c) In negotiating and executing a lease as authorized, the board of agriculture shall:  (1) Require the appraisal of the parcel to determine the fair market value;  (2) Require the payment of annual lease rent based on the fair market value established by appraisal;  (3) Require the payment of a premium, computed at twenty-five per cent of the annual lease rent, with the premium to be added to the annual lease rent for each year of the lease equal to the number of years the lessee has occupied the land, except that the premium period shall not exceed four years; and  (4) Recover from the lessee the costs of expenditures required by the department to convert the parcel into leasehold.  Within six months from July 1, 1996, the department shall notify in writing the permittees of lands eligible for lease negotiations under this section and shall inform the permittees of the terms, conditions, and restrictions provided by this section. Any permittee may apply for a lease; provided that the application shall be submitted to the department in writing within thirty days from the date of receipt of notification; provided further that the department may require documentary proof from any applicant to determine that the applicant meets eligibility and qualification requirements for a lease as specified by this section. [L 1996, c 88, §2] Revision Note  "July 1, 1996," substituted for "the effective date of this Act" and "the effective date of this section".
HI Rev Stat § 166E-1 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|166E. Non-Agricultural Park Lands|166E-1 Legislative findings.

 §166E-1 Legislative findings. The legislature finds that article XI, section 10, of the state constitution establishes that "the public lands shall be used for the development of farm and homeownership on as widespread a basis as possible, in accordance with procedures and limitations prescribed by law".  Therefore, the legislature finds that certain public lands classified for agricultural use by the department of land and natural resources should be transferred to the department of agriculture, with the approval of the board of land and natural resources and the board of agriculture, for purposes and in a manner consistent with article XI, section 10, of the state constitution.  The purpose of this chapter is to ensure the long-term productive use of public lands leased or available to be leased by the department of land and natural resources for agricultural purposes by allowing these lands to be transferred to and managed by the department of agriculture. [L 2003, c 90, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 166E-2 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|166E. Non-Agricultural Park Lands|166E-2 Definitions.

  §166E-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter:  "Agricultural activities" means the care and production of livestock, livestock products, poultry, or poultry products, or apiary, horticultural, or floricultural products, or the planting, cultivating, and harvesting of crops or trees.  "Aquacultural activities" means the farming or ranching or any plant or animal species in a controlled salt, brackish, or freshwater environment; provided that the farm or ranch is on or directly adjacent to land.  "Board" means the board of agriculture.  "Department" means the department of agriculture.  "Non-agricultural park lands" means lands that are not designated as agricultural parks pursuant to chapter 166. [L 2003, c 90, pt of §1; am L 2006, c 157, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 166E-3 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|166E. Non-Agricultural Park Lands|166E-3 Transfer and management of non-agricultural park lands and related facilities to the department of agriculture.

  §166E-3 Transfer and management of non-agricultural park lands and related facilities to the department of agriculture. (a) Upon mutual agreement and approval of the board and the board of land and natural resources:  (1) The department may accept the transfer of and manage certain qualifying non-agricultural park lands; and  (2) Certain assets, including position counts, related to the management of existing encumbered and unencumbered non-agricultural park lands and related facilities shall be transferred to the department.  (b) The department shall administer a program to manage the transferred non-agricultural park lands under rules adopted by the board pursuant to chapter 91. The program and its rules shall be separate and distinct from the agricultural park program and its rules. Non-agricultural park lands are not the same as, and shall not be selected or managed as are lands under agricultural park leases. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the program shall include the following conditions pertaining to encumbered non-agricultural park lands:  (1) The lessee or permittee shall perform in full compliance with the existing lease or permit;  (2) The lessee or permittee shall not be in arrears in the payment of taxes, rents, or other obligations owed to the State or any county;  (3) The lessee's or permittee's agricultural operation shall be economically viable as specified by the board; and  (4) No encumbered or unencumbered non-agricultural park lands with soils classified by the land study bureau's detailed land classification as overall (master) productivity rating class A or B shall be transferred for the use or development of golf courses, golf driving ranges, and country clubs. The transfer of non-agricultural park lands shall be done in a manner to be determined by the board of agriculture.  (c) For any encumbered or unencumbered non-agricultural park lands transferred to the department that are not being utilized or required for the public purpose stated, the order setting aside the lands shall be withdrawn and the lands shall be returned to the department of land and natural resources. [L 2003, c 90, pt of §1; am L 2004, c 25, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 166E-4 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|166E. Non-Agricultural Park Lands|166E-4 Conversion of qualified and encumbered other agricultural lands.

  §166E-4 Conversion of qualified and encumbered other agricultural lands. The department shall establish criteria and rules pursuant to chapter 91 and subject to approval by the board to convert qualified and encumbered non-agricultural park lands to department leases or other forms of encumbrance. [L 2003, c 90, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 166E-5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|166E. Non-Agricultural Park Lands|166E-5 Extension of qualified and encumbered non-agricultural park lands transferred to and managed by the department.

  §166E-5 Extension of qualified and encumbered non-agricultural park lands transferred to and managed by the department. Notwithstanding chapter 171, the board shall establish criteria and rules to allow the cancellation, renegotiation, and extension of transferred encumbrances by the department. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, qualified and encumbered non-agricultural park lands transferred to the department shall not have the respective length of term of the lease or rents reduced over the remaining fixed term of the applicable encumbrances. [L 2003, c 90, pt of §1; am L 2004, c 25, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 166E-6 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|166E. Non-Agricultural Park Lands|166E-6 Rules.

  §166E-6 Rules. The board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91, including eligibility requirements for each disposition and applicant qualifications, to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. [L 2003, c 90, pt of §1; am L 2006, c 157, §3]
HI Rev Stat § 166E-7 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|166E. Non-Agricultural Park Lands|166E-7 Non-agricultural park lands special fund; established.

  §166E-7 Non-agricultural park lands special fund; established. (a) There is established in the state treasury the non-agricultural park lands special fund, into which shall be deposited:  (1) Legislative appropriations to the fund; and   (2) All lease rent, fees, penalties, and any other revenue or funds collected from non-agricultural park lands that are transferred, or in the process of being transferred, to the department under this chapter.  (b) Moneys in the special fund shall be used to defray the costs incurred in managing, administering, and overseeing non-agricultural park lands that are transferred, or in the process of being transferred, to the department under this chapter.  (c) The department shall administer the non-agricultural park lands special fund. [L 2005, c 234, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 166E-9 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|166E. Non-Agricultural Park Lands|166E-9 Authority to plan, develop, and manage non-agricultural park lands.

 §166E-9 Authority to plan, develop, and manage non-agricultural park lands. In accordance with this chapter, the department may plan, develop, and manage non-agricultural park lands on:  (1) Public lands set aside by executive order for use as non-agricultural park lands pursuant to section 171-11;  (2) Other lands with the approval of the board that may be subject to a joint venture partnership agreement pursuant to section 166E-10; and  (3) Lands acquired by the department by way of foreclosure, voluntary surrender, or otherwise pursuant to section 155-4(11). [L 2006, c 157, pt of §1]
HI Rev Stat § 166E-10 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 11. Agriculture and Animals|166E. Non-Agricultural Park Lands|166E-10 Non-agricultural park land development.

 §166E-10 Non-agricultural park land development. On behalf of the State or in partnership with a federal agency, a county, or a private party and except as provided in this section, the department may develop non-agricultural park lands that, at the option of the board, may be exempt from all statutes, ordinances, charter provisions, and rules of any governmental agency relating to planning, zoning, construction standards for subdivisions, development and improvement of land, and construction of buildings thereon; provided that:  (1) The board finds the development is consistent with the public purpose and intent of this chapter and meets minimum health and safety requirements;   (2) The development of the proposed non-agricultural park land does not contravene any safety standards or tariffs approved by the public utilities commission for public utilities;   (3) The county in which the non-agricultural park development is proposed shall approve the non-agricultural park development; and provided further that:   (A) The county shall approve or disapprove the development within forty-five days after the department submits preliminary plans and specifications for the development to the county. If the county does not disapprove the development after the forty-fifth day, the development shall be deemed approved;  (B) No action shall be prosecuted or maintained against any county, its officials, or employees, on any actions taken by them in reviewing, approving, or disapproving the plans and specifications; and  (C) The final plans and specifications for the development shall be deemed approved by the county if the final plans and specifications do not substantially deviate from the preliminary plans and specifications. The final plans and specifications for the project shall constitute the planning, zoning, building, construction, and subdivision standards for that development. For purposes of sections 501-85 and 502-17, the chairperson of the board or the responsible county official may certify maps and plans of lands connected with the development as having complied with applicable laws and ordinances relating to consolidation and subdivision of lands, and the maps and plans shall be accepted for registration or recordation by the land court and registrar; and  (4) The State shall assume the responsibility of maintaining all roads and infrastructure improvements within the boundaries if the improvements are developed exempt from applicable county ordinances, charter provisions, and rules regarding development. [L 2006, c 157, pt of §1]