REPORT TITLE:
Appro; Maunahala Subdivision


DESCRIPTION:
Appropriates funds for infrastructure improvements for Maunalaha
lessees.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           805
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE RESIDENTS OF MAUNALAHA
   SUBDIVISION.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that many families of
 
 2 Hawaiian ancestry living in the Maunalaha region of Makiki
 
 3 Heights have been living in the area for a very long time, some
 
 4 since the Great Mahele.  Act 225, Session Laws of Hawaii 1981,
 
 5 authorized the department of land and natural resources to
 
 6 negotiate and enter into long-term residential leases with
 
 7 residents who met certain specified criteria.  When the leases
 
 8 were offered in 1983, however, only thirty leases were executed
 
 9 and only a few lessees have been able to construct new homes.
 
10      The remaining lessees of Maunalaha live in substandard
 
11 housing, and have not been able to upgrade or rebuild their homes
 
12 since they are unable to qualify for loans due to substandard
 
13 infrastructure and because they do not own the land.
 
14      The purpose of this Act is to provide necessary funds for
 
15 the lessees of Maunalaha Valley for infrastructure improvements
 
16 to bring the subdivision up to health and safety standards.
 
17      SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
18 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $        , or so much
 
19 thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 1999-2000, to
 

 
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 1 establish the infrastructure for the residents of the Maunalaha
 
 2 subdivision.
 
 3      SECTION 3.  The sum appropriated shall be expended by the
 
 4 department of land and natural resources for the purposes of this
 
 5 Act.
 
 6      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1999.
 
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 8                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________