Report Title:

Housing; Public Lands

Description:

Requires housing and community development corporation of Hawaii to identify public lands suitable for housing projects; 20% of homes developed on the lands will be available for qualified Hawaiians.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1731

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO HOUSING.

 

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 201G, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to subpart F of part II to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§201G- Housing projects on public lands; priority to native Hawaiians; public land trust resolution. (a) The corporation in consultation with the department of land and natural resources shall identify and prioritize public lands, as defined in section 171-2, in the various counties that are suitable for housing projects to be developed pursuant to this part. Upon the completion of a prioritized list of suitable parcels, the corporation shall request the governor to transfer the parcels or a portion of the parcels to the corporation to be developed pursuant to this part.

(b) Twenty per cent of all units developed on lands transferred pursuant to this section for sale, in fee or leasehold, or for rent shall be made available to any qualified Hawaiian. As used in this section, the term "Hawaiian" has the same meaning as in section 10-2.

(c) Upon a final resolution of the public land trust issue resulting with a transfer of assets by the State to the office of Hawaiian affairs or any successor receiving entity, included in that transfer shall be assets equal to the value of any lands transferred to the corporation pursuant to this section. The value of the lands transferred shall be determined as of the date of any transfer."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

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

INTRODUCED BY:

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