Bill Text: HI SB769 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To District Boundary Amendments.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. [SB769 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB769-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to district boundary amendments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 205-3.1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§205-3.1 Amendments to district
boundaries. (a) District boundary amendments involving lands
in the conservation district, land areas greater than fifteen acres, or lands
delineated as important agricultural lands shall be processed by the land use
commission pursuant to section 205-4[.], except as otherwise provided
in this section.
(b) Any department or agency of the State, and department or agency of the county in which the land is situated, or any person with a property interest in the land sought to be reclassified may petition the appropriate county land use decision-making authority of the county in which the land is situated for a change in the boundary of a district involving lands less than fifteen acres presently in the rural and urban districts and lands less than fifteen acres in the agricultural district that are not designated as important agricultural lands.
(c)
District boundary amendments involving land areas of fifteen acres or
less, except as provided in [subsection (b),] subsections (b) and (d),
shall be determined by the appropriate county land use decision-making
authority for the district and shall not require consideration by the land use
commission pursuant to section 205-4; provided that such boundary amendments
and approved uses are consistent with this chapter. The appropriate county land use
decision-making authority may consolidate proceedings to amend state land use
district boundaries pursuant to this subsection, with county proceedings to amend
the general plan, development plan, zoning of the affected land, or such other
proceedings. Appropriate ordinances and
rules to allow consolidation of such proceedings may be developed by the county
land use decision-making authority.
(d) An application for a district boundary
amendment involving a land area over fifteen acres shall be determined by the
appropriate county land use decision-making authority for the district and
shall not require consideration by the land use commission if, by the date of
the application, the county has adopted an ordinance that:
(1) Establishes a
procedure for determining such district boundary amendments;
(2) Requires the county
or State to own and retain ownership of the land area for at least ninety-nine
years;
(3) Requires that
one hundred per cent of the land area be used for affordable housing as defined
by the county pursuant to paragraph (1);
(4) Requires the
district boundary amendment and approved uses to be consistent with the
applicable county general plan or community development plan;
(5) Requires the
county to complete and incorporate mitigation of the impact on county and state
resources, including but not limited to schools and highways; and
(6) Incorporates public
due process into the procedure for determining district boundary amendments pursuant
to paragraph (1).
[(d)] (e) The county land use decision-making authority
shall serve a copy of the application for a district boundary amendment to the
land use commission and the department of business, economic development, and
tourism and shall notify the commission and the department of the time and
place of the hearing and the proposed amendments scheduled to be heard at the
hearing. A change in the state land use
district boundaries pursuant to this subsection shall become effective on the
day designated by the county land use decision-making authority in its
decision. Within sixty days of the
effective date of any decision to amend state land use district boundaries by
the county land use decision-making authority, the decision and the description
and map of the affected property shall be transmitted to the land use
commission and the department of business, economic development, and tourism by
the county planning director."
SECTION 2. Section 205-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending its title and subsection (a) to read as follows:
"§205-4
Amendments to district boundaries [involving land areas greater than
fifteen acres.]; proceedings before the land use commission. (a)
Any department or agency of the State, any department or agency of the
county in which the land is situated, or any person with a property interest in
the land sought to be reclassified, may petition the land use commission for a
change in the boundary of a district.
This section applies to all petitions for changes in district boundaries
of lands within conservation districts, lands designated or sought to be
designated as important agricultural lands, and lands greater than fifteen
acres in the agricultural, rural, and urban districts, except as provided in [section]
sections 201H-38[.] and 205-3.1(d). The land use commission shall adopt rules
pursuant to chapter 91 to implement section 201H-38."
SECTION 3. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Counties; District Boundary Amendments; Affordable Housing
Description:
Authorizes the appropriate county land use decision-making authority to determine district boundary amendments involving land areas over fifteen acres if the county has adopted an ordinance that meets certain requirements.
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