SB3224 • 2026

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL PARK LEASES.

Agriculture

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Sponsor: RICHARDS
Last action: 2026-02-02
Official status: Referred to AEN, JDC.
Effective date: Not listed

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RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL PARK LEASES.

What This Bill Does

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL PARK LEASES.
Agricultural Parks; Lease Extensions Repeals the requirement for land covered by an agricultural park lease with a remaining term of fifteen years or less to be located in a county having a population of less than five hundred thousand in order for the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to extend the lease.

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Bill History

2026-02-02 S
Referred to AEN, JDC.
2026-01-28 S
Passed First Reading.
2026-01-28 S
Introduced.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO AGRICULTURAL PARK LEASES.
Agricultural Parks; Lease Extensions
Repeals the requirement for land covered by an agricultural park lease with a remaining term of fifteen years or less to be located in a county having a population of less than five hundred thousand in order for the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to extend the lease.

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SB3224

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

3224

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

Relating
to Agricultural Park Leases
.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

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SECTION
1
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Section 166-11,
Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (e) to read as
follows:

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(e)
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Notwithstanding any other law to the
contrary, if any lessee holds a lease having a remaining term of fifteen years
or less, the department may extend the term of the lease for an additional
thirty years; provided that the land covered by the lease is[
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(1)
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Twenty-five
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twenty-five
acres or less[
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Located in a
county having a population of less than five hundred thousand
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SECTION
2.
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Statutory material to be repealed is
bracketed and stricken.
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New statutory
material is underscored.

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SECTION 3.
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This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Agricultural
Parks; Lease Extensions

Description:

Repeals the
requirement for land covered by an agricultural park lease with a remaining
term of fifteen years or less to be located in a county having a population of
less than five hundred thousand in order for the Department of Agriculture and
Biosecurity to extend the lease.

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