Bill Text: HI SB2211 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Permit Processing.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-21 - Referred to GVO/PSM, JDC. [SB2211 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2020-SB2211-Introduced.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to permit processing.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The Hawaii Revised Statutes is amended by adding a new chapter to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"Chapter
STATE PERMIT PROCESSING
§ -1 Definitions.
For the purposes of this
chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
"Development" means the planning,
financing and acquisition of real and personal property; demolition of existing
structures and clearance of real property; construction, reconstruction,
alteration, or repairing of approaches, streets, sidewalks, utilities, and
services, or other site improvements; construction, reconstruction, repair,
remodeling, extension, equipment, or furnishing of buildings or other
structures; or any combination of the foregoing, of any project. "Development" includes any and all
undertakings necessary therefor, and the acquisition of any project, in whole
or in part.
"Project" means any activity
directly undertaken by the State or supported in whole or in part through
appropriations, contracts, grants, loans, or other forms of funding assistance
from the State or involving any lease, permit, license, certificate, land use
change, or other entitlement for use issued by the State.
"Substantial rehabilitation"
means the improvement of a property to a decent, safe, and sanitary condition
that requires more than routine or minor repairs or improvements. "Substantial rehabilitation"
includes renovation, alteration, or remodeling to convert or adapt structurally
sound property to the design and condition required for a specific use and
includes but is not limited to the gutting and extensive reconstruction of a
dwelling unit, or cosmetic improvements coupled with the curing of a
substantial accumulation of deferred maintenance.
§ -2 State permits; automatic approval. (a) Beginning July 1, 2020, the State shall
approve, approve with modification, or disapprove an application for a permit
necessary for the development, pre-development, construction, or substantial
rehabilitation of a project within sixty-five days of submission of a complete
permit application and full payment of any application fee.
(b)
If, on the sixty-sixth day, an application is not approved, approved
with modification, or disapproved by the State, the application shall be deemed
approved by the State.
(c) The time period established by subsection (a) shall be extended in the event of a natural disaster or state emergency that prevents the applicant or State from fulfilling application review requirements.
(d) If an application is incomplete, the State shall notify the applicant in writing within ten business days of submittal of the application. The notice shall inform the applicant of specific requirements necessary to complete the application. The automatic approval provisions under subsection (b) shall continue to apply to the application only if the applicant satisfies the specific requirements of the notice and submits a complete application within five business days of receipt of the notice.
(e) In the event of a conflict between the time period established by this section and the time period established by any other state law for processing of a permit, this section shall control."
SECTION 2. Chapter 46, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part V to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§46- County permits; automatic approval. (a)
Beginning July 1, 2020, an appropriate county
agency shall approve, approve with modification, or disapprove an application for
a permit necessary for the development, pre-development, construction, or substantial
rehabilitation of a project within sixty-five days of submission of a complete permit
application and full payment of any application fee.
(b) If, on the sixty-sixth day, an application is not
approved, approved with modification, or disapproved by the respective county agency,
the application shall be deemed approved by the respective county agency.
(c) The time period established by subsection (a) shall
be extended in the event of a natural disaster or state emergency that prevents
the applicant or county agency from fulfilling application review requirements.
(d) If an application is incomplete, the respective
county agency shall notify the applicant in writing within ten business days of
submittal of the application. The notice
shall inform the applicant of specific requirements necessary to complete the application.
The automatic approval provisions under subsection
(b) shall continue to apply to the application only if the applicant satisfies the
specific requirements of the notice and submits a complete application within five
business days of receipt of the notice."
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2020.
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Report Title:
Permits; Automatic Approval
Description:
Beginning July 1, 2020, requires the State or an appropriate county agency to approve, approve with modification, or disapprove an application for a permit necessary for the development, pre-development, construction, or substantial rehabilitation of a project within sixty-five days of submission. Provides for automatic permit approval if the State or respective county agency does not make a timely decision on the application.
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
