Bill Text: HI HB531 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: State Low-income Public Housing; Security
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-12-18 - Carried over to 2014 Regular Session. [HB531 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-HB531-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to state low-income public housing.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 356D-44, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§356D-44 Administration of state low-income public housing projects and programs. (a) The authority shall construct, develop, and administer property or housing for the purpose of state low-income public housing projects and programs.
(b) The authority shall offer any decommissioned low-income public housing project, except for federal housing projects, to nonprofit or for-profit organizations or government agencies for rehabilitation into emergency or transitional shelter facilities for the homeless or rehabilitation into rental units that set aside at least fifty per cent of the units to persons or families with incomes at or below fifty per cent of the area median family income; provided that:
(1) The housing project is wholly owned by the State on either state-owned or ceded lands;
(2) The authority has determined that the housing project is not eligible for rehabilitation using the authority's current resources; and
(3) The nonprofit or for-profit organization or government agency demonstrates expertise in rehabilitation of housing projects and has community, public, and private resources to substantially pay for the rehabilitation.
The land and improvements may be leased to the nonprofit or for-profit organization or government agency for a period not to exceed ninety-nine years for a sum of $1 per year.
(c) The authority may allow police officers, who would otherwise be ineligible for low-income public housing, to reside in one or more state low-income public housing dwelling units for the purposes of increasing security, preventing crime, implementing crime intervention efforts, and enforcing laws, regulations, and housing policies; provided that each police officer shall be issued and shall use a clearly marked police vehicle.
For purposes of this section, "police officer" means a person determined by the authority to be, during the period of residence of that person in public housing, employed by the State or any county, or by the United States, vested by law with a duty to maintain public order, to make arrests for offenses, or to enforce the criminal laws, whether that duty extends to all offenses or is limited to a specific class of offenses.
[(c)] (d) State low-income
housing projects shall be subject to chapter 521.
[(d)] (e) The authority shall
adopt necessary rules in accordance with chapter 91, including the
establishment and collection of reasonable fees for administering the state
low-income housing projects or programs and to carry out any state program
under subsection (a)."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
State Low-income Public Housing; Security
Description:
Authorizes the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to allow police officers who would otherwise be ineligible to reside low-income housing, to reside in state low-income public housing for purposes of increasing the security and safety of the residents.
The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
