Bill Text: HI HB2280 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Real Property.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-06-27 - Act 133, on 06/27/2022 (Gov. Msg. No. 1234). [HB2280 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-HB2280-Amended.html
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
2280 |
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022 |
H.D. 2 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
S.D. 1 |
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C.D. 1 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 421J, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§421J- Personal agriculture allowed. (a)
No association shall prohibit or unreasonably
restrict the use of a unit owner's enclosed yard area for personal agriculture;
provided that the use is not in violation of the association's existing master landscape
plan or other restrictive covenants applicable to the unit.
(b) This section shall apply only to enclosed yard areas that are designated for the exclusive use of the unit owner.
(c) This section shall not:
(1) Apply to provisions in an association document that impose reasonable restrictions on the use of a unit owner's enclosed yard area for personal agriculture; or
(2) Prohibit an association from applying rules
and regulations requiring that dead plant material and weeds, with the exception
of straw, mulch, compost, and other organic materials intended to encourage vegetation
and retention of moisture in the soil, be regularly cleared from the enclosed yard
area.
(d) For purposes of this section:
"Personal
agriculture" means a use of land where an individual cultivates lawful edible
plant crops for personal use or donation.
"Reasonable restrictions" means restrictions that are reasonably necessary to protect neighbor unit owners or residents' use and enjoyment of their property and do not unreasonably increase the cost of engaging in personal agriculture or unreasonably decrease its efficiency."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Planned Community Associations; Personal Agriculture; Enclosed Yard Area
Description:
Prohibits planned community associations from prohibiting or unreasonably restricting the use of a unit owner's enclosed yard area for personal agriculture, provided that the use is not in violation of the association's existing master landscape plan or other restrictive covenants applicable to the unit. (CD1)
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