Bill Text: HI HB1972 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Historic Preservation Program; Fees; Signage
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-06-21 - (H) Act 150, on 6/21/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1252). [HB1972 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-HB1972-Amended.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 6E-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§6E-3 Historic preservation program. There is established within the department a division to administer a comprehensive historic preservation program, which shall include but not be limited to the following:
(1) Development of an on-going program of historical, architectural, and archaeological research and development, including surveys, excavations, scientific recording, interpretation, signage, and publications on the State's historical and cultural resources;
(2) Acquisition of historic or cultural properties, real or personal, in fee or in any lesser interest, by gift, purchase, condemnation, devise, bequest, land exchange, or other means; preservation, restoration, administration, or transference of the property; and the charging of reasonable admissions to that property;
(3) Development of a statewide survey and inventory to identify and document historic properties, aviation artifacts, and burial sites, including all those owned by the State and the counties;
(4) Preparation of information for the Hawaii register of historic places and listing on the national register of historic places;
(5) Preparation, review, and revisions of a state historic preservation plan, including budget requirements and land use recommendations;
(6) Application for and receipt of gifts, grants, technical assistance, and other funding from public and private sources for the purposes of this chapter;
(7) Provision of technical and financial assistance to the counties and public and private agencies involved in historic preservation activities;
(8) Coordination of activities of the counties in accordance with the state plan for historic preservation;
(9) Stimulation of public interest in historic preservation, including the development and implementation of interpretive programs for historic properties listed on or eligible for the Hawaii register of historic places;
(10) Coordination of the evaluation and management of burial sites as provided in section 6E-43;
(11) Acquisition of burial sites in fee or in any lesser interest, by gift, purchase, condemnation, devise, bequest, land exchange, or other means, to be held in trust;
(12) Submittal of an annual report to the governor and legislature detailing the accomplishments of the year, recommendations for changes in the state plan or future programs relating to historic preservation, and an accounting of all income, expenditures, and the fund balance of the Hawaii historic preservation special fund;
(13) Regulation of archaeological activities throughout the State;
(14) Employment of sufficient professional and technical staff for the purposes of this chapter which may be in accordance with chapter 76;
(15) The charging of fees to [at least partially defray
the costs of administering sections 6E-3(13), 6E-8, and 6E-42 of this chapter;]
be determined by the department that are proportional to the nature and
complexity of the projects or services provided, and adjusted from time to time
to ensure that the proceeds, together with all other fines, income, and
penalties collected under this chapter, do not surpass the annual operating
costs of the comprehensive historic preservation program;
(16) Adoption of rules in accordance with chapter 91, necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter; and
(17) Development and adoption, in consultation with the office of Hawaiian affairs native historic preservation council, of rules governing permits for access by native Hawaiians and Hawaiians to cultural, historic, and pre-contact sites and monuments."
SECTION 2. Section 6E-5.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) The review board shall:
(1) Order and enter historic properties into the Hawaii register of historic places on the basis of their value to Hawaii's heritage;
(2) Evaluate and, when appropriate, recommend the nomination of historic properties to the national register of historic places;
(3) Review the state survey of historic properties undertaken in accordance with this chapter;
(4) Review the content of the state historic preservation plan developed in accordance with this chapter;
(5) Elect a chairperson and a vice-chairperson and adopt such rules as are necessary for the purposes of this section;
(6) Maintain the Hawaii register of historic places,
including all those listed on the national register of historic places, and a
program of notification and publication regarding properties on the registers[.];
and
(7) Develop policies on signage in historic districts."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2012.
Report Title:
Historic Preservation Program; Fees; Signage
Description:
Limits department of land and natural resources fees for its comprehensive historic preservation program to amounts that are proportional to the nature and complexity of the projects or services provided, and adjusted from time to time to ensure that the proceeds, together with all other fines, income, and penalties collected under this chapter, do not surpass the annual operating costs of the comprehensive historic preservation program; requires development and implementation of interpretive signage for historic or cultural properties owned by the State and the counties. Requires the Hawaii historic places review board to develop policies on signage in historic districts. Effective July 1, 2012. (HB1972 CD1)
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