Bill Text: HI HB1045 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Public Assistance; Residency Requirement
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-12-17 - Carried over to 2016 Regular Session. [HB1045 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2016-HB1045-Introduced.html
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H.B. NO. |
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 346-29, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) No applicant or recipient who is found guilty of fraudulently misrepresenting residence to obtain assistance in two or more states shall be entitled to public assistance under this chapter for ten years from date of conviction. No applicant or recipient shall be entitled to public assistance under this chapter who is a resident of the State for less than four months, or who is a fugitive felon or who is in violation of a condition of probation or parole or has sufficient income or other resources to provide a standard above that provided in this chapter, or who is an inmate of any public institution, except that any inmate of a public institution who is otherwise eligible for medical assistance and who has been determined by the medical director of the institution as having a major illness or medical condition requiring the provision of medical care outside of the institution may receive assistance under this chapter. An inmate of a public institution or resident of a medical institution may apply for assistance to begin after the inmate's discharge from the institution. To enforce this subsection, the department shall examine each list of inmates within, or newly admitted to, a correctional facility in the State that is submitted to the department by the director of public safety pursuant to section 353-12.5, regardless of the nature of the offense for which an inmate is incarcerated or the duration of incarceration, to determine whether an inmate is eligible for public assistance under this chapter.
As used in this section, "resident" means a person who is physically present in the State at the time the person claims to have established the person's domicile in the State and shows the person's intent is to make Hawaii the person's primary residence."
SECTION 2. Section 356D-42, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§356D-42 Housing; tenant selection. (a) The authority shall select tenants upon the basis of those in greatest need for the particular housing, subject to the following limitations and preferences:
(1) The authority may limit the tenants of any state low-income housing project to classes of persons when required by federal law or regulation as a term or condition of obtaining assistance from the federal government; provided that not less than fifty per cent of available units shall be for applicants without preference and up to fifty per cent of available units shall be for applicants with preference;
(2) Within the priorities established by the authority recognizing need, veterans with a permanent disability of ten per cent or more, as certified by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and their dependent parents, if any. The deceased veteran's widow or widower shall be given first preference. Parents of veterans shall not use the veteran status of their adult child as a basis for preference; and
(3) Subject to any limitations set by federal law or
regulation, the authority shall not select as a tenant, and may terminate the
tenancy of, any person if the person or any household member owns or acquires a
home within the State[.];
provided that the authority shall not select as a tenant any applicant who has not been a resident for at least four months.
(b) The authority shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to carry out the purposes of this section.
(c) As used in this section, "resident" means a person who is physically present in the State at the time the person claims to have established the person's domicile in the State and shows the person's intent is to make Hawaii the person's primary residence."
SECTION 3. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Public Assistance; Residency Requirement
Description:
Requires an applicant or recipient of public assistance to be a resident of the State for at least 4 months.
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