Let your voice be heard!
The Legacy Lands Act passed the State Legislature! HB 1308 Conference Draft 1 directs 10% of the conveyance tax to the Land Conservation Fund for purchasing wild coastline and natural areas. The measure also increases the conveyance tax for high-end and speculative real estate sales. How can you help the Legacy Lands Act become law?
1. Ask the Governor to sign HB 1308 into law.
The fate
of the Legacy Lands Act lies with Governor Linda Lingle, who has until early
July to sign HB 1308 into law. Residents and visitors who support Legacy Lands
should contact the Governor and express their support for the measure.
What
to do:
- Write a letter to the Governor expressing your strong
support for HB 1308.
Honorable Governor Linda Lingle
Executive Chambers
State Capitol
Honolulu, Hawai`i 96813
(or fax: 808-586-0006)
- Call the Governor's office and ask her to sign HB 1308 (808-586-0034)
- Email the Governor and express your support for the Legacy Lands Act. An online email form is available here.
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Some sample
talking points:
I strongly support HB 1308,
the Legacy Lands Act, creating a dedicated source of funding to protect Hawaii's
wild coastal areas and special places and increasing the conveyance tax to
help fund our natural areas. Hawai`i is known around the world for its areas
of unspoiled beauty--areas that should be left in their wild, undeveloped
state. But it's not just scenery that the Legacy Lands Act will help protect.
Native habitat, watersheds, and working farms can also be protected. The best
method of protecting these lands is through outright purchase or establishment
of a conservation easement. Such arrangements benefit both the landowners
and the public.
Please pass the Legacy Lands Act, for our families, and for our future.
Thank you,
<Your name and contact information>
2. Send a letter to the editor of the local newspapers.
One of the easiest ways you can support the Legacy Lands Act currently on the Governor's desk is to send a letter to the editor of the local daily papers and express your strong support for land protection funding. Simply click the email links below and share your reasons for supporting the Legacy Lands Act -- tell your personal story of a special place that you would like to see protected. Some further talking points about the bill are below.
Honolulu Advertiser:
letters@honoluluadvertiser.com
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
Letter to Editor talking points:
- Tangible results in protected acres that will benefit all citizens around the islands
- Passes on a legacy to our children of special places and wild areas
- Ability to leverage millions of federal dollars that currently are unavailable to Hawaii
- Not one cent currently dedicated to land purchase and protection at state level
- Land fund has sat empty for 30 years
- Real estate market is booming and land is being speculated on to our detriment
- Sensible law that respects landowner rights and creates public good
- Avoids litigation
- Very popular, 73% of voters on Maui and Kaua'i voted to demand county land funds
- Democrat or Republican, we all agree that we need to protect Hawaii's beauty
- Important to Economy: Ag and Tourism
- Stretches our limited
state budget with federal and private matching funds
Is forward-thinking and positive legislation - In increase in conveyance
tax revenues needed for adequate protection
3. Contact individuals and organizations working on Legacy Lands.