Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with House amendments and pass a bill that prohibits landfills on the agricultural land best suited for farming in Hawaii.

Highlights:

• Prohibits landfills on the agricultural land best-suited for farming in Hawaii (Sec. 1-5).

• Prohibits landfill units on land in an agricultural district with class A soils in a county with a population greater than five hundred thousand (Sec. 1-5).

• Reduces the prohibition on constructing, modifying, or expanding waste or disposal facilities within a one-half mile buffer zone of residential, school, or hospital property lines to apply specifically to landfill units or components of landfill units (Sec. 1-5).

• Prohibits the construction, modification, or expansion of a landfill unit, or any component of a landfill unit, inland of an underground injection control line in a county with a population greater than five hundred thousand, with certain exemptions (Sec. 1-5).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect beginning July 1, 2025 (Sec. 6).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with Senate amendments and further amend a bill that prohibit landfills on the agricultural land best-suited for farming in Hawaii.

Highlights:

• Prohibits landfills on the agricultural land best-suited for farming in Hawaii (Sec. 1-5).

• Prohibits landfill units on land in an agricultural district with class A soils in a county with a population greater than five hundred thousand (Sec. 1-5).

• Reduces the prohibition on constructing, modifying, or expanding waste or disposal facilities within a one-half mile buffer zone of residential, school, or hospital property lines to apply specifically to landfill units or components of landfill units (Sec. 1-5).

• Prohibits the construction, modification, or expansion of a landfill unit, or any component of a landfill unit, inland of an underground injection control line in a county with a population greater than five hundred thousand, with certain exemptions (Sec. 1-5).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect beginning July 1, 2025 (Sec. 6).

Full Bill Text