Bill Text: HI SB669 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To School Impact Fees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-11-30 - Carried over to 2018 Regular Session. [SB669 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-SB669-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to School IMpact Fees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that as communities expand and develop, school impact fees are assessed to offset the impact of new homes and families on local schools. While these assessments are in place to accommodate the increase in new families and school enrollments that often accompany development, the fees can be detrimental to certain types of community projects, which is partly why exemptions exist for projects like commercial projects, industrial projects, senior housing projects, replacement homes, and projects to enlarge existing homes. However, there is no exemption from school impact fees for the efforts of nonprofit organizations that provide housing to low-income individuals. Allowing these types of projects to be exempt from school impact fees may encourage developers to provide more low-income housing, increasing the overall affordable housing supply for Hawaii residents.
The purpose of this Act is to provide an exemption from school impact fees for housing developments constructed by nonprofit housing organizations in which the units are rented or sold to persons or families earning between thirty and eighty per cent of the area median income.
SECTION 2. Section 302A-1603, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) The following shall be exempt from this section:
(1) Any form of housing permanently excluding school-aged children, with the necessary covenants or declarations of restrictions recorded on the property;
(2) Any form of housing that is or will be paying the transient accommodations tax under chapter 237D;
(3) All nonresidential
development; [and]
(4) Any development
with an executed education contribution agreement or other like document with
the department for the contribution of school sites or payment of fees for
school land or school construction[.]; and
(5) Any housing development constructed by a nonprofit housing organization in which the units are leased or sold to persons or families with incomes between thirty and eighty per cent of the area median income as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2017.
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Report Title:
School Impact Fees; Exemption; Housing Developments; Nonprofits
Description:
Provides an exemption from school impact fees for housing developments constructed by nonprofit housing organizations in which the units are rented or sold to persons or families earning between thirty and eighty per cent of the area median income.
The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
