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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> JUSTIFICATION SHEET <br /> <br /> <br /> PROPOSER: Hawaii State Association of Counties <br /> <br /> TITLE: RELATING TO LAND USE. <br /> PURPOSE: To repeal HRS Chapter 205 relating to the Land Use Commission <br /> <br /> NI FANS Repeal Chapter 205, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Repeal references to <br /> the LUC in the HRS. Direct the legislative reference bureau to <br /> draft legislation to transfer responsibility over important <br /> agricultural lands to the department of land and natural resources. <br /> Direct the legislative reference bureau to draft legislation to <br /> remove references to the state land use districts. <br /> <br /> JUSTIFICATION: Prior to 1961, the duties, functions and responsibilities of the state <br /> LUC were handled by each respective county's planning <br /> department. Decisions made at the municipal level best support a <br /> grassroots decision-making process by those communities most <br /> impacted by any proposed development. Many of the functions of <br /> the LUC are redundant to each respective county's planning <br /> department This proposal returns the zoning functions to the <br /> counties while transferring the balance of the LUC functions to the <br /> department of land and natural resources. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> s <br />