Bill Text: HI HCR147 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requesting The Department Of Taxation To Study The Economic Impact Of Allowing Additional Houses On Agricultural Lands.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-21 - The committee(s) on HSG/AGR recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. [HCR147 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2017-HCR147-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.C.R. NO.	147
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

requesting the department of taxation to study the economic impact of allowing additional houses on agricultural lands.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, the state of Hawaii is in a housing crisis; and

 

     WHEREAS, the state of Hawaii needs an additional sixty-five thousand housing units by 2025; and

 

     WHEREAS, the majority of this demand will come from mature or retired households that do not require daily access to cities or towns; and

 

     WHEREAS, these households can help manage farm operations, bed and breakfasts or otherwise assist farmers; and

 

     WHEREAS, farmers struggle to make ends meet with an average income of under forty thousand dollars per year; and

 

     WHEREAS, these retired households can provide additional income to farmers; and

 

     WHEREAS, the state of Hawaii has assigned many uses to agricultural zoned land; and

 

     WHEREAS, some uses include junk yards, zoos, amusement parks, golf courses and solar facilities; and

 

     WHEREAS, allowing houses on agricultural land to provide additional income to farmers will preserve the agrarian nature of the land by supporting diversified agriculture; and

 

     WHEREAS, the state and counties will receive tax dollars by allowing additional houses on agricultural land; and

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-ninth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2017, the Senate concurring, requests the Department of Taxation to study the change in tax revenues to the state and counties by allowing additional houses on agricultural zoned lands; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the department shall study housing limited to Hawaii County on land with soil classification of C, D, and E.

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the department shall also limit analysis to the following parameters:

 

(1)  Not more than two dwelling units on a lot that is equal to or greater than one acre, but less than three acres;

 

(2)  Not more than three dwelling units on a lot that is

equal to or greater than three acres, but less than five

acres;

 

(3)  Not more than four dwelling units on a lot that is

equal to or greater than five acres, but less than ten

acres; and

 

(4)  Not more than five dwelling units on a lot that is

equal to or greater than ten acres;

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the department shall present the results of the study to the legislature no later than 20 days prior to the start of the 2018 legislative session; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Taxation.

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Agriculture; Housing; Taxes.