Bill Text: HI SB2928 | 2014 | Regular Session | Amended

Hawaii Senate Bill 2928 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: HCDA; Members; Attendance; Public Input Session

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-14 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL. [SB2928 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2014-SB2928-Amended.html

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2928
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 206E-5.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(a) The authority shall adopt community and public notice procedures pursuant to chapter 91 that shall include at a minimum:

(1) A means to effectively engage the community in which the authority is planning a development project to ensure that community concerns are received and considered by the authority; provided that:

(A) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the authority shall create a permitted interaction group to attend all public input sessions, but shall comply with the reporting and other meeting requirements of section 92-2.5; and

(B) A violation of this paragraph shall not constitute a violation of chapter 92;

(2) The posting of the authority's proposed plans for development of community development districts, public hearing notices, and minutes of its proceedings on the authority's website; and

(3) Any other information that the public may find useful so that it may meaningfully participate in the authority's decision-making processes."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Report Title:

HCDA; Members; Attendance; Public Input Session

Description:

Requires the HCDA to create a permitted interaction group to attend every scheduled public input session. (SD1)

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