HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1330

THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021

 

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.  Section 6E-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "historic property" to read as follows:

     ""Historic property" means any building, structure, object, district, area, or site, including heiau and underwater site, [which] that is over [fifty] one hundred years old."

     SECTION 2.  Section 6E-42.2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  An application for a proposed project on an existing privately-owned single-family detached dwelling unit or townhouse shall be subject to the requirements of section 6E-42 only if the single-family detached dwelling unit or townhouse is over [fifty] one hundred years old and:

     (1)  Is listed on the Hawaii or national register of historic places, or both;

     (2)  Is nominated for inclusion on the Hawaii or national register of historic places, or both; or

     (3)  Is located in a historic district."

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Department of Land and Natural Resources; Historic Preservation; Historic Property; Definition

 

Description:

Amends the definition of "historic property" to mean a building, structure, object, district, area, or site that is over 100 years old.  Limits the applicability of section 6E-42, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which requires review of certain proposed projects, to privately-owned single-family detached dwelling units and townhouses that are over 100 years old and meet other statutory criteria.

 

 

 

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