Bill Text: HI SB140 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Community Development.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2021-07-06 - Vetoed on 07/06/2021 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 1293). [SB140 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2021-SB140-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to community development.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to require the Hawai‘i community development authority to develop a transit-oriented development (TOD) zone improvement program to foster community development by strategically investing in public facilities.
The legislature finds that the construction and installation of certain public facilities are necessary and desirable to facilitate the renewal and redevelopment of areas proximate to proposed fixed transit stations. TOD is a powerful tool that can ultimately deliver a wide range of social, environmental, and economic benefits. TOD promotes development patterns that support quality of life; preserve the natural environment; provide a range of housing choices for residents; and encourage walking, biking, and mass transit.
The State plays an important role in overcoming barriers to TOD, including encouraging needed investments in regional public facilities such as roads, sewers, and storm water management systems. This Act is intended to move current TOD planning efforts forward into structures that benefit the community.
The legislature further finds that, currently, no single entity has the authority to redevelop the State's assets along the transit corridor in the best interest of the State. This Act will consolidate long-term master planning and zoning regarding state owned lands within each of the TOD's under the Hawai‘i Community Development Authority in order to resolve any ambiguities."
SECTION 2. Section 206E-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding two new definitions to be appropriately inserted and to read as follows:
""TOD" means
transit-oriented development.
"TOD zone" means the parcels of land within a one-half mile radius around a proposed or existing fixed transit station as determined by the authority, taking into account proximity, walkability, adopted county plans, and other relevant factors; provided that TOD zones shall not be established on lands administered by the Hawaii public housing authority, lands administered by the stadium authority, or any community development districts designated pursuant to section 206E-5."
SECTION 3. Section 206E-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) The authority shall consist of the director of finance or the director's designee; the director of transportation or the director's designee; a cultural specialist; an at-large member; an at-large member nominated by the senate president; an at-large member nominated by the speaker of the house; three representatives of the Heeia community development district, comprising two residents of that district or the Koolaupoko district, which consists of sections 1 through 9 of zone 4 of the first tax map key division, and one owner of a small business or one officer or director of a nonprofit organization in the Heeia community development district or Koolaupoko district, nominated by the county council of the county in which the Heeia community development district is located; three representatives of the Kalaeloa community development district, comprising two residents of the Ewa zone (zone 9, sections 1 through 2) or the Waianae zone (zone 8, sections 1 through 9) of the first tax map key division, and one owner of a small business or one officer or director of a nonprofit organization in the Ewa or Waianae zone, nominated by the county council of the county in which the Kalaeloa community development district is located; three representatives of the Kakaako community development district, comprising two residents of the district and one owner of a small business or one officer or director of a nonprofit organization in the district, nominated by the county council of the county in which the Kakaako community development district is located; the director of planning and permitting of each county in which a community development district is located or the director's designee, who shall serve in an ex officio, nonvoting capacity; and the chairperson of the Hawaiian homes commission or the chairperson's designee, who shall serve in an ex officio, nonvoting capacity.
All members except the director of finance, director of transportation, county directors of planning and permitting, and chairperson of the Hawaiian homes commission or their designees shall be appointed by the governor pursuant to section 26-34. The two at-large members nominated by the senate president and speaker of the house and the nine representatives of the respective community development districts shall each be appointed by the governor from a list of three nominees submitted for each position by the nominating authority specified in this subsection.
The authority shall be organized and shall exercise jurisdiction as follows:
(1) For matters affecting the Heeia community development district, the following members shall be considered in determining quorum and majority and shall be eligible to vote:
(A) The director of finance or the director's designee;
(B) The director of transportation or the director's designee;
(C) The cultural specialist;
(D) The three at-large members; and
(E) The three representatives of the Heeia community development district;
provided that the director of planning and permitting of the relevant county or the director's designee shall participate in these matters as an ex officio, nonvoting member and shall not be considered in determining quorum and majority;
(2) For matters affecting the Kalaeloa community development district, the following members shall be considered in determining quorum and majority and shall be eligible to vote:
(A) The director of finance or the director's designee;
(B) The director of transportation or the director's designee;
(C) The cultural specialist;
(D) The three at-large members; and
(E) The three representatives of the Kalaeloa community development district;
provided that the director of planning and permitting of the relevant county and the chairperson of the Hawaiian homes commission, or their respective designees, shall participate in these matters as ex officio, nonvoting members and shall not be considered in determining quorum and majority;
(3) For matters affecting the Kakaako community development district, the following members shall be considered in determining quorum and majority and shall be eligible to vote:
(A) The director of finance or the director's designee;
(B) The director of transportation or the director's designee;
(C) The cultural specialist;
(D) The three at-large members; and
(E) The three representatives of the Kakaako community development district;
provided that the director of
planning and permitting of the relevant county or the director's designee shall
participate in these matters as an ex officio, nonvoting member and shall not
be considered in determining quorum and majority[.]; and
(4) For matters affecting
TOD zones, including the creation of TOD zones, the following members and the director
of the office of planning or the director's designee shall be considered in determining
quorum and majority and shall be eligible to vote:
(A) The
director of finance or the director's designee;
(B) The
director of transportation or the director's designee;
(C) The
cultural specialist; and
(D) The
three at-large members;
provided that the director of
planning and permitting of the relevant county or the director's designee shall
participate in these matters as an ex officio, nonvoting member and shall not be
considered in determining quorum and majority.
In the event of a vacancy, a member shall be
appointed to fill the vacancy in the same manner as the original appointment
within thirty days of the vacancy or within ten days of the senate's rejection
of a previous appointment, as applicable.
The terms of the director of finance, director of
transportation, county directors of planning and permitting, and chairperson of
the Hawaiian homes commission, and director of office of planning or
their respective designees shall run concurrently with each official's term of
office. The terms of the appointed
voting members shall be for four years, commencing on July 1 and expiring on
June 30; provided that the initial terms of all voting members initially
appointed pursuant to Act 61, Session Laws of Hawaii 2014, shall commence on
March 1, 2015. The governor shall
provide for staggered terms of the initially appointed voting members so that
the initial terms of four members selected by lot shall be for two years, the
initial terms of four members selected by lot shall be for three years, and the
initial terms of the remaining five members shall be for four years.
The governor may remove or suspend for cause any member after due notice and public hearing.
Notwithstanding section 92-15, a majority of all
eligible voting members as specified in this subsection shall constitute a
quorum to do business, and the concurrence of a majority of all eligible voting
members as specified in this subsection shall be necessary to make any action
of the authority valid. All members
shall continue in office until their respective successors have been appointed
and qualified. Except as herein provided,
no member appointed under this subsection shall be an officer or employee of
the State or its political subdivisions.
For purposes
of this section, "small business" means a business [which] that
is independently owned and [which] is not dominant in its field of
operation."
SECTION 4. Section 206E-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:
1. By amending the title and subsections (a) and (b) to read:
"§206E-6 District-wide and TOD
zone improvement [program.] programs. (a)
The authority shall develop a district-wide improvement program and a
TOD zone improvement program to identify necessary district-wide and TOD
zone public facilities within a community development district[.] or
TOD zone.
(b)
Whenever the authority shall determine to undertake, or cause to be
undertaken, any public facility as part of the district-wide or TOD zone
improvement program, the cost of providing the public facilities shall be
assessed against the real property in the community development district
specially benefiting from such public facilities. The authority shall determine the areas of
the community development district [which] or TOD zone that will
benefit from the public facilities to be undertaken and, if less than the
entire community development district or TOD zone benefits, the
authority may establish assessment areas within the community development
district[.] or TOD zone.
The authority may issue and sell bonds in such amounts as may be
authorized by the legislature to provide funds to finance such public
facilities. The authority shall fix the
assessments against real property specially benefited. All assessments made pursuant to this section
shall be a statutory lien against each lot or parcel of land assessed from the
date of the notice declaring the assessment until paid and such lien shall have
priority over all other liens except the lien of property taxes. As between liens of assessments, the earlier
lien shall be superior to the later lien."
2. By amending subsection (i) to read:
"(i) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, whenever as part of a district-wide or TOD zone improvement program it becomes necessary to remove, relocate, replace, or reconstruct public utility facilities, the authority shall establish by rule the allocation of cost between the authority, the affected public utilities, and properties that may specially benefit from such improvement, if any. In determining the allocation of cost, the authority shall consider the cost allocation policies for improvement districts established by the county in which the removal, relocation, replacement, or reconstruction is to take place."
SECTION 5. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $60,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2021-2022 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2022-2023 for one full-time equivalent (1.00 FTE) temporary position in the Hawaii community development authority to maintain the staff necessary to develop and manage the transit-oriented development zone improvement program.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the Hawaii community development authority for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 6. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 7. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2021.
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Report Title:
Transit-oriented Development; Hawai‘i Community Development Authority; Appropriation
Description:
Requires the Hawai‘i Community Development Authority (HCDA) to develop a transit-oriented development (TOD) zone improvement program to foster community development by strategically investing in public facilities. Appropriates funds to HCDA for staff necessary to develop and manage the TOD zone improvement program.
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
