Bill Text: HI SB2206 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Homelessness.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2020-08-31 - Notice of Intent to veto dated 08-31-20 (Gov. Msg. No. 1119) [SB2206 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-SB2206-Amended.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the COVID-19 pandemic has endangered lives around the world. Amid threats to people's well-being, concerns about an overextended health care system, and record numbers of unemployed individuals, communities have come together to create emergency areas to house and help those who are homeless.
The legislature further finds that COVID-19 will likely continue to pose risks to Hawaii until an effective treatment or vaccine is developed, and given these risks, it is unsafe to remove people from established emergency homes and services.
The legislature finds that ensuring public safety is paramount, and it is in the public interest to assist emergency homeless camps to temporarily provide shelter due to COVID-19, persistent homelessness, and a severe economic downturn in the State.
The purpose of this Act is to ensure the safety of those individuals in emergency homeless camps by authorizing the board of land and natural resources to issue month-to-month revocable permits to be used for temporary emergency sheltering and facilities for homeless persons on state lands.
SECTION 2. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the board of land and natural resources may issue month-to-month revocable permits to be used for the temporary emergency sheltering of and facilities for homeless persons on state lands under conditions, including rent amounts that will serve the best interest of the State; provided that:
(1) Any revocable permit issued pursuant to this Act shall be exempt from chapter 171, Hawaii Revised Statutes;
(2) A revocable permit may only be issued pursuant to this Act if the person to whom the revocable permit is issued has a written agreement or partnership with the State or any political subdivision thereof; and
(3) A revocable permit shall not be issued for lands under the control or management of the department of agriculture until the board of land and natural resources has obtained the prior written agreement of the department of agriculture.
(b) A person to whom a revocable permit is issued pursuant to this Act shall endeavor to meet all applicable state and county requirements, or if noncompliant due to the nature of the emergency, shall demonstrate good faith planning and progress to achieve and maintain compliance, or seek alternative locations for the long term sheltering of homeless persons.
(c) Each person to whom a revocable permit is issued or who resides on state-owned land leased pursuant to this Act shall, in writing, waive, release, indemnify, and hold harmless the State of Hawaii, its officers, agents, and employees from and against any and all claims arising out of or resulting from the lease or occupancy; provided that the written waiver, release, indemnification, and holding harmless provided pursuant to this subsection shall survive the repeal of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval and shall be repealed ninety days after the last day of the disaster emergency relief period specified in the governor's final supplementary proclamation relating to the COVID-19 emergency, irrespective of any separate proclamation terminating the disaster emergency relief period in the governor's final supplementary proclamation relating to the COVID-19 emergency.
Report Title:
Homelessness; Department of Land and Natural Resources; Department of Agriculture; Emergency Shelter; Revocable Permits
Description:
Authorizes the Board of Land and Natural Resources to issue revocable month-to-month temporary permits for the temporary emergency sheltering of and facilities for homeless persons on state lands, under certain conditions. Repeals 90 days after the last day of the disaster emergency relief period specified in the Governor's final Supplementary Proclamation relating to the COVID-19 emergency, irrespective of any separate proclamation terminating the disaster emergency relief period in the Governor's final Supplementary Proclamation relating to the COVID-19 emergency. (HD2)
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