Bill Text: HI SB3059 | 2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Indigenous Architecture; Construction; Public and Private Lands; Hawaiian Hale
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-29 - The committee on WLA deferred the measure. [SB3059 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2016-SB3059-Amended.html
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO INDIGENOUS ARCHITECTURE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the homeless and affordable housing crises continue to be two of the State's most significant and challenging social problems. The housing crisis requires government to explore alternative means of providing shelter to Hawaii's residents. Indigenous native Hawaiian forms of architectural practices, styles, customs, techniques, and materials, as referenced in section 46-1.55, Hawaii Revised Statutes, may be an option for creating housing for homeless individuals, and more needs to be done to increase the inventory of housing and ensure that residents have access to housing. Act 222, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007, amended section 46-1.55, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to require each county to adopt ordinances to allow the exercise of indigenous native Hawaiian architectural practices no later than March 31, 2008. Despite this requirement, the legislature finds that there has been little progress in the application of Hawaiian architectural practices for residential use.
The purpose of this Act is to allow any state and county agency to permit the building of indigenous architecture, under certain conditions, on public and private lands under its stewardship or control.
SECTION 2. (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any state or county agency may designate any area of public and private land under its stewardship or control for the construction of indigenous architecture.
(b) Except as provided in this subsection, indigenous architecture shall be exempt from all statutes, ordinances, charter provisions, and rules and regulations of any governmental agency or public utility relating to planning, zoning, construction standards for subdivisions, development and improvement of land, and the construction and sale of homes thereon; provided that indigenous architecture shall be constructed under the supervision of a certified hale builder.
(c) As used in this section:
"Certified hale builder" means a person who has obtained a certificate of completion for satisfactorily completing a course in Hawaiian hale construction from the University of Hawaii, or any of its community colleges, or has been approved to construct Hawaiian hales by the appropriate building official of the applicable county.
"Indigenous architecture" means indigenous native Hawaiian architectural practices, styles, customs, techniques, and materials historically employed by native Hawaiians, including but not limited to structures composed of either rock wall or wood frame walls covered by thatches of different native grasses or other natural material for roofs.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2016.
Report Title:
Indigenous Architecture; Construction; Public and Private Lands; Hawaiian Hale
Description:
Allows any state or county agency to designate public and private lands under certain conditions for the construction of indigenous architecture. (SD1)
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