Bill Text: HI HB2022 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Housing.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-16 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Branco, Ganaden, Kapela, LoPresti, Perruso, Wildberger voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Tokioka excused (1). [HB2022 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-HB2022-Amended.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO HOUSING.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 201H-38, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) The corporation may
develop on behalf of the State or with an eligible developer, or may assist
under a government assistance program in the development of, housing projects
that shall be exempt from all statutes, ordinances, charter provisions, and
rules of any government agency relating to planning, zoning, construction
standards for subdivisions, development and improvement of land, and the
construction of dwelling units thereon; provided that:
(1) The
corporation finds the housing project is consistent with the purpose and intent
of this chapter, and meets minimum requirements of health and safety;
(2) The
development of the proposed housing project does not contravene any safety
standards, tariffs, or rates and fees approved by the public utilities
commission for public utilities or of the various boards of water supply
authorized under chapter 54;
(3) [The
legislative body of the county in which the housing project is to be situated shall
have approved the project with or without modifications:
(A) The legislative body shall approve, approve with modification,
or disapprove the project by resolution within forty-five days after the
corporation has submitted the preliminary plans and specifications for the
project to the legislative body. If on
the forty-sixth day a project is not disapproved, it shall be deemed approved
by the legislative body;
(B) No action shall be prosecuted or maintained against any county,
its officials, or employees on account of actions taken by them in reviewing,
approving, modifying, or disapproving the plans and specifications; and
(C) The final plans and specifications for the project shall be
deemed approved by the legislative body if the final plans and specifications
do not substantially deviate from the preliminary plans and
specifications. The final plans and
specifications for the project shall constitute the zoning, building,
construction, and subdivision standards for that project. For purposes of sections 501-85 and 502-17,
the executive director of the corporation or the responsible county official
may certify maps and plans of lands connected with the project as having
complied with applicable laws and ordinances relating to consolidation and subdivision
of lands, and the maps and plans shall be accepted for registration or
recordation by the land court and registrar;] The development project meets
the appropriate zoning designation or plan designation; and
(4) The
land use commission shall approve, approve with modification, or disapprove a
boundary change within forty-five days after the corporation has submitted a
petition to the commission as provided in section 205-4. If, on the forty-sixth day, the petition is
not disapproved, it shall be deemed approved by the commission."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
By-Right Development; Counties; Housing; Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation
Description:
Removes requirements for housing project developments of the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation to obtain approval from county legislative bodies; provided the projects meet the appropriate zoning and plan designations. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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