Bill Text: HI HB1820 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To The Hawaii Community Development Authority.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-06-25 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. [HB1820 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-HB1820-Amended.html
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2020 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
PART I
SECTION 1. Section 206E-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) The
authority shall consist of the director of finance or the director's
designee; the director of transportation or the director's designee; a cultural
specialist; an at-large member; an at-large member nominated by the [senate]
president[;] of the senate; an at-large member nominated by the
speaker of the house[;] of representatives; three representatives
of the Heeia community development district, comprising two residents of that
district or the Koolaupoko district, which consists of sections 1 through 9 of
zone 4 of the first tax map key division, and one owner of a small business or
one officer or director of a nonprofit organization in the Heeia community
development district or Koolaupoko district, with one each nominated by
the [county council of the county in which the Heeia community development
district is located;] president of the senate and speaker of the house
of representatives; three representatives of the Kalaeloa community
development district, comprising two residents of the Ewa zone (zone 9,
sections 1 through 2) or the Waianae zone (zone 8, sections 1 through 9) of the
first tax map key division, and one owner of a small business or one officer or
director of a nonprofit organization in the Ewa or Waianae zone, with one
each nominated by the [county council of the county in which the
Kalaeloa community development district is located;] president of the
senate and speaker of the house of representatives; three representatives
of the Kakaako community development district, comprising two residents of the
district and one owner of a small business or one officer or director of a
nonprofit organization in the district, with one each nominated by the [county
council of the county in which the Kakaako community development district is
located;] president of the senate and speaker of the house of
representatives; the director of planning and permitting of each county in
which a community development district is located or the director's designee,
who shall serve in an ex officio, nonvoting capacity; and the chairperson of
the Hawaiian homes commission or the chairperson's designee, who shall serve in
an ex officio, nonvoting capacity.
All members except the director of
finance, director of transportation, county directors of planning and
permitting, and chairperson of the Hawaiian homes commission or their designees
shall be appointed by the governor pursuant to section 26-34. The two at-large members nominated by the [senate]
president of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives
and the nine representatives of the respective community development districts
shall each be appointed by the governor from a list of three nominees submitted
for each position by the nominating authority specified in this subsection.
The authority shall be organized and shall exercise jurisdiction as follows:
(1) For matters affecting the Heeia community development district, the following members shall be considered in determining quorum and majority and shall be eligible to vote:
(A) The director of finance or the director's designee;
(B) The director of transportation or the director's designee;
(C) The cultural specialist;
(D) The three at-large members; and
(E) The three representatives of the Heeia community development district;
provided that the director of planning and permitting of the relevant county or the director's designee shall participate in these matters as an ex officio, nonvoting member and shall not be considered in determining quorum and majority;
(2) For matters affecting the Kalaeloa community development district, the following members shall be considered in determining quorum and majority and shall be eligible to vote:
(A) The director of finance or the director's designee;
(B) The director of transportation or the director's designee;
(C) The cultural specialist;
(D) The three at-large members; and
(E) The three representatives of the Kalaeloa community development district;
provided that the director of
planning and permitting of the relevant county and the chairperson of the
Hawaiian homes commission, or their respective designees, shall participate in
these matters as ex officio, nonvoting members and shall not be considered in
determining quorum and majority; and
(3) For matters affecting the Kakaako community development district, the following members shall be considered in determining quorum and majority and shall be eligible to vote:
(A) The director of finance or the director's designee;
(B) The director of transportation or the director's designee;
(C) The cultural specialist;
(D) The three at-large members; and
(E) The three representatives of the Kakaako community development district;
provided that the director of planning and permitting of the relevant county or the director's designee shall participate in these matters as an ex officio, nonvoting member and shall not be considered in determining quorum and majority.
In the event of a vacancy, a member shall be
appointed to fill the vacancy in the same manner as the original appointment
within thirty days of the vacancy or within ten days of the senate's rejection
of a previous appointment, as applicable.
The terms of the director of finance, director of
transportation, county directors of planning and permitting, and chairperson of
the Hawaiian homes commission or their respective designees shall run
concurrently with each official's term of office. The terms of the appointed voting members
shall be for four years, commencing on July 1 and expiring on June 30; provided
that the initial terms of all voting members initially appointed pursuant to
Act 61, Session Laws of Hawaii 2014, shall commence on March 1, 2015. The governor shall provide for staggered
terms of the initially appointed voting members so that the initial terms of
four members selected by lot shall be for two years, the initial terms of four
members selected by lot shall be for three years, and the initial terms of the
remaining five members shall be for four years.
The governor may remove or suspend for cause any member after due notice and public hearing.
Notwithstanding section 92-15, a majority of all
eligible voting members as specified in this subsection shall constitute a
quorum to do business, and the concurrence of a majority of all eligible voting
members as specified in this subsection shall be necessary to make any action
of the authority valid. All members
shall continue in office until their respective successors have been appointed
and qualified. Except as herein
provided, no member appointed under this subsection shall be an officer or
employee of the State or its political subdivisions.
For purposes
of this section, "small business" means a business [which] that
is independently owned and [which] that is not dominant in its
field of operation."
SECTION 2. Section 206E-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§206E-4 Powers; generally. (a) Except as otherwise limited by this chapter, the authority may:
(1) Sue and be sued;
(2) Have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;
(3) Make and execute contracts and all other instruments necessary or convenient for the exercise of its powers and functions under this chapter;
(4) Make and alter bylaws for its organization and internal management;
(5) Make rules with respect to its projects, operations, properties, and facilities, which rules shall be in conformance with chapter 91;
(6) Through its executive director appoint officers, agents, and employees, prescribe their duties and qualifications, and fix their salaries, without regard to chapter 76;
(7) Prepare or cause to be prepared a community development plan for all designated community development districts;
(8) Acquire, reacquire, or contract to acquire or reacquire by grant or purchase real, personal, or mixed property or any interest therein; to own, hold, clear, improve, and rehabilitate, and to sell, assign, exchange, transfer, convey, lease, or otherwise dispose of or encumber the same;
(9) Acquire or reacquire by condemnation real, personal, or mixed property or any interest therein for public facilities, including but not limited to streets, sidewalks, parks, schools, and other public improvements;
(10) By itself, or in partnership with qualified persons, acquire, reacquire, construct, reconstruct, rehabilitate, improve, alter, or repair or provide for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, alteration, or repair of any project; own, hold, sell, assign, transfer, convey, exchange, lease, or otherwise dispose of or encumber any project, and in the case of the sale of any project, accept a purchase money mortgage in connection therewith; and repurchase or otherwise acquire any project that the authority has theretofore sold or otherwise conveyed, transferred, or disposed of;
(11) Arrange or contract for the planning, replanning, opening, grading, or closing of streets, roads, roadways, alleys, or other places, or for the furnishing of facilities or for the acquisition of property or property rights or for the furnishing of property or services in connection with a project;
(12) Grant options to purchase any project or to renew any lease entered into by it in connection with any of its projects, on terms and conditions as it deems advisable;
(13) Prepare or cause to be prepared plans, specifications, designs, and estimates of costs for the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, alteration, or repair of any project, and from time to time to modify the plans, specifications, designs, or estimates;
(14) Provide advisory, consultative, training, and educational services, technical assistance, and advice to any person, partnership, or corporation, either public or private, to carry out the purposes of this chapter, and engage the services of consultants on a contractual basis for rendering professional and technical assistance and advice;
(15) Procure insurance against any loss in connection with its property and other assets and operations in amounts and from insurers as it deems desirable;
(16) Contract for and accept gifts or grants in any form from any public agency or from any other source;
(17) Do any and all things necessary to carry out its purposes and exercise the powers given and granted in this chapter; and
(18) Allow satisfaction of any affordable housing requirements imposed by the authority upon any proposed development project through the construction of reserved housing, as defined in section 206E-101, by a person on land located outside the geographic boundaries of the authority's jurisdiction; provided that the authority may permit cash payments in lieu of providing reserved housing. The substituted housing shall be located on the same island as the development project and shall be substantially equal in value to the required reserved housing units that were to be developed on site. The authority shall establish the following priority in the development of reserved housing:
(A) Within the community development district;
(B) Within areas immediately surrounding the community development district;
(C) Areas within the
central urban core; and
(D) In outlying areas within the same island as the development project.
The
(b) The authority shall not have jurisdiction over the development of lands under the jurisdiction of the stadium authority, unless authorized by the stadium authority."
SECTION 3. Section 206E-14, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) The authority [may], without recourse
to public auction, may sell[,] or lease for a term not exceeding
sixty-five years, all or any portion of the real or personal property
constituting a redevelopment project to any person, upon [such] terms
and conditions as may be approved by the authority, if the authority finds that
the sale or lease is in conformity with the community development plan.
[For
the stadium development district, leases shall not exceed a term of ninety-nine
years.]"
SECTION 4. Chapter 206E, part IX, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is repealed.
PART II
SECTION 5. Act 268, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019, is amended by amending sections 4, 5, and 6 to read as follows:
"SECTION
4. There is appropriated out of the general
revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $20,000,000 or so much thereof as
may be necessary for fiscal year 2019-2020 for the [establishment and]
development of the stadium [development district] authority property
for public use.
The sum
appropriated shall be expended by the [Hawaii community development] stadium
authority for the purposes of this Act; provided that the appropriation shall
not lapse at the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made;
provided further that all moneys unencumbered as of June 30, 2022, shall lapse
as of that date.
SECTION 5. The legislature finds and declares that the
issuance of revenue bonds under this Act is in the public interest and for the
public health, safety, and general welfare.
Pursuant to part III, chapter 39, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Accordingly, the [Hawaii community
development] stadium authority, with the approval of the governor,
may issue in one or more series revenue bonds in a total amount not to exceed
$180,000,000 for the [Hawaii community development] stadium
authority to implement the [stadium
development district as provided for in part
, chapter 206E, Hawaii Revised Statutes.] development of stadium
authority property for public use.
The
proceeds of the revenue bonds shall be deposited into the [Hawaii community
development revolving]
fund created in section [206E-16,] ,
Hawaii Revised Statutes.
The revenue bonds authorized under this Act shall be issued pursuant to part III, chapter 39, Hawaii Revised Statutes. The authorization to issue revenue bonds under this Act shall lapse on June 30, 2024.
SECTION 6. The director of finance is authorized to issue
general obligation bonds in the sum of $150,000,000 or so much thereof as may
be necessary and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary is
appropriated for fiscal year 2019-2020 to the [Hawaii community development]
stadium authority for the [stadium development district.] development
of stadium authority property for public use."
PART III
SECTION 6. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 7. This Act shall take effect upon its approval; provided that the existing representatives of the Heeia community development district, Kalaeloa community development district, and Kakaako community development district shall continue to serve until the expiration of their respective terms.
Report Title:
Hawaii Community Development Authority; Membership; Nominating Authority; Stadium Authority; Stadium Development District; Appropriation
Description:
Amends the nominating authority of the representatives of the Heeia community development district, Kalaeloa community development district, and Kakaako community development district that serve on the Hawaii community development authority. Provides that the Hawaii Community Development Authority shall not have jurisdiction over the development of lands under the Stadium Authority's jurisdiction. Repeals provisions relating to the stadium development district. Amends Act 268, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019, by making the Stadium Authority responsible for expending the appropriations made by that Act and authorizing the Stadium Authority, rather than the Hawaii Community Development Authority, to issue the revenue bonds authorized by Act 268, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019. (SD1)
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