HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

225

TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to historic preservation.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  Chapter 6E, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§6E-     Sale or lease of undeveloped property.  (a)  Prior to the sale or lease for a term in excess of ten years of undeveloped property, or prior to advertising that sale or lease, the owner of the property or person responsible for the sale or lease of the property shall cause to be performed an archaeological inventory survey of the undeveloped property.  The archaeological inventory survey shall be submitted to the state historic preservation officer.  The archaeological inventory survey may include recommendations by the state historic preservation officer that portions of the undeveloped property may be unsuitable for future development and should be reclassified conservation or zoned by a county for preservation zoning.  Any sites or resources found on the property that may be eligible for the Hawaii registry of historic places shall be noted on a plan, prepared and filed with the bureau of conveyances in accordance with section 502-17.

     (b)  For purposes of this section, "undeveloped property" means property situated in the State that is:

     (1)  Unimproved real property; or

     (2)  Real property upon which there are infrastructure or improvements that will be demolished and removed."

     SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.

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

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Historic Properties; Undeveloped Property

 

Description:

Requires an archaeological inventory survey prior to the sale or long-term lease of any undeveloped property in the State.

 

 

 

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