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MEDIA RELEASE The state House Water & Land Committee and Finance Committee unanimously adopted HB1133, which would repeal the Public Land Development Corporation. The bill will now be subject to a full vote on the House floor and, should it pass, cross over to the Senate for consideration. The remainder of the bills relating to […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Committees on Water & Land (WAL) and Finance (FIN) have heard six bills relating to the Public Land Development Corporation (PLDC). There was a large turnout for the hearing Friday, with testimony being heard well into the afternoon. The Committees will reconvene for Decision Making at 1:30 p.m. Monday in Conference Room […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Gov. Neil Abercrombie has asked the Public Land Development Corporation (PLDC) Board of Directors to temporarily defer action on pending rules while public concerns about the agency are fully considered and addressed. Additionally, the governor directed the state Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), to which the PLDC is administratively attached, to […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Residents will be uniting in a day of action and solidarity Monday, Oct. 8 to show opposition to the State of Hawaii’s Public Land Development Corporation. The PLDC was created by the state Legislature last year when Act 55 was signed into law creating a new funding arm of the Department of Land […]

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Future geothermal night drilling may be halted; Council urges Public Land Development Corporation be abolished

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MEDIA RELEASE The Public Land Development Corporation (PLDC) has posted early notice of its next scheduled board meeting (Oct. 11), at which the board will consider a resolution approving a strategic plan that will better define its scope and facilitate final review of draft administrative rules. To give the public ample time to submit comments, […]

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MEDIA RELEASE “Insuring that the residents of Hawaii directly benefit from the thousands of acres they own as public lands throughout the State – and putting in place 21st century partnership strategies to protect and appropriately steward these lands now and for future generations – these are the reasons I voted for the Public Land […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Public Land Development Corporation (PLDC) will hold statewide public hearings, starting Monday Aug. 20, for adoption of new Hawaii Administrative Rules (HAR) for the PLDC. Some provisions may affect small business. Lloyd Haraguchi, Executive Director for the PLDC, stated: “The upcoming public hearings are an opportunity to inform the public about the […]

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