Hawaii Revised Statutes 167. Irrigation Water Development

• 167-1 Findings and Declaration of Necessity.
  It is important to the welfare of the people of Hawaii that agricultural production be developed as fully as possible. It is further found...
• 167-2 Definitions.
  The following terms, whenever used and referred to in this chapter, have the following respective meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears in the...
• 167-3 Engineering Program Administrator.
  The board of agriculture shall appoint a registered professional engineer who shall act as engineering program administrator of the irrigation water development program and have...
• 167-4 Interested Members of the Board or Employees.
  No member of the board of agriculture or employees of the board shall acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any water facility or...
• 167-5 Powers.
  In addition to any other powers granted to the board of agriculture for the purpose of carrying out all of its functions and duties,...
• 167-6 Further Powers.
  (a) [Repeal and reenactment on June 30, 2025. L 2014, c 223, §4.] The board of agriculture shall also have the power to: (1)...
• 167-7 Issuance of Revenue Bonds.
  (a) The board of agriculture shall have the power to issue revenue bonds in the name of the department in amounts as may be...
• 167-8 Investment of Funds.
  The director of finance may authorize the investment of any funds held in reserves, or any funds not required for immediate disbursement, in property...
• 167-9 Security for Funds Deposited by Board.
  The board of agriculture may by resolution provide that all moneys deposited by it shall be secured: (1) By any securities by which funds...
• 167-10 Eligibility of Revenue Bonds for Investment.
  It shall be legal for the State and any of its political subdivisions, or any political or public corporation, including the employees' retirement system...
• 167-11 Rate Policy; Sale of Excess Water.
  The board of agriculture shall have the power to fix and adjust rates and charges for the furnishing of irrigation or domestic water and...
• 167-12 Lands Included Within Irrigation Projects.
  Except as otherwise expressly permitted in the chapter, lands to be included within an irrigation project shall be only those used or to be...
• 167-13 Petition of Land Occupiers for Formation of Water Project.
  Land occupiers, including the Hawaiian homes commission, comprising at least sixty per cent of the acreage of lands lying within an area proposed to...
• 167-14 Petition of Hawaiian Homes Commission for Formation of Irrigation Project, Community Pastures.
  The Hawaiian homes commission may petition the board of agriculture to organize irrigation projects for any of the lands designated as "available lands" in...
• 167-15 State Lands, Formation of Irrigation Project.
  The board of agriculture may organize irrigation projects for lands under its control, whether or not the lands are occupied in whole or in part....
• 167-16 Consideration of Petitions; Notice and Hearing.
  When more than one petition is filed covering portions of the same territory, the board of agriculture may consolidate the petitions. Having received the...
• 167-17 Formation of Irrigation Project on Initiative of Board; Notice and Hearing; Protests.
  The board of agriculture may organize irrigation projects upon its own initiative. In this event, it shall fix a date for public hearing upon...
• 167-18 Approval of Legislature, Appropriations.
  Funds for acquisition or construction of irrigation facilities for each project, established by the board of agriculture under sections 167-13, 167-14, 167-15, and 167-17,...
• 167-19 Administration of Irrigation Project; Acreage Assessments; Liens.
  (a) All irrigation projects established pursuant to this chapter shall be administered by the board of agriculture. In making the final determination to establish...
• 167-20 Furnishing Domestic Water.
  In conjunction with any irrigation project which it has established, and subject to pertinent provisions of law governing the supply, the board of agriculture...
• 167-21 Repayment of Certain State Advances.
  (a) Whenever under legislative authorization, past, present or future, general obligation bonds of the State are issued or the proceeds of general obligation bonds...
• 167-22 Irrigation System Revolving Fund.
  (a) There is established the irrigation system revolving fund, into which shall be deposited: (1) All legislative appropriations to the irrigation system revolving fund;...
• 167-22.5 Repealed.
  L 2011, c 124, §50.
• 167-23 Molokai Irrigation System Water Users Advisory Board; Establishment; Meetings.
  (a) There is established a Molokai irrigation system water users advisory board, to be appointed by the governor under section 26-34. The advisory board...
• 167-24 Repealed.
  L 2011, c 124, §51.

Last modified: October 27, 2016