Hawaii House Bill 2542 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 42-0)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-27 - Referred to HSG/FIN, referral sheet 5
Pending: House Housing Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to lease real property for a period not to exceed 99 years for the development of certain projects that include affordable housing. Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to submit a report to the legislature that identifies all state lands that may be developed for multi-unit dwellings. Authorizes the issuance of $200,000,000 in general obligation bonds, with the proceeds used for the establishment of infrastructure to support the development of housing on lands near the University of Hawaii West Oahu campus. Authorizes the issuance of $75,000,000 in general obligation bonds, with the proceeds used for affordable housing infrastructure in counties with a resident population of 500,000 or less. Authorizes a state or county department or agency to petition the appropriate county land use decision-making authority, rather than the Land Use Commission, for a change in the boundary of a district involving land areas between 15 acres and 25 acres where the majority of the development will be for affordable housing. Authorizes the State Historic Preservation Division to delegate the responsibility of historic preservation project reviews to the impacted county. Establishes the Office of the Housing Ombudsman. Removes the existing statutory cap on the amount of conveyance tax revenues that are deposited into the rental housing revolving fund each fiscal year.

Relating To Land Development.

Rep. Scott Saiki [D]	Sen. Henry Aquino [D]	Rep. Della au Belatti [D]	Rep. Tom Brower [D]
Rep. Rida Cabanilla Arakawa [D]	Rep. Richard Creagan [D]	Rep. Ty Cullen [D]	Rep. Lynn Decoite [D]
Rep. Cedric Gates [D]	Rep. Sharon Har [D]	Rep. Mark Hashem [D]	Sen. Troy Hashimoto [D]
Rep. Daniel Holt [D]	Rep. Linda Ichiyama [D]	Rep. Aaron Johanson [D]	Rep. Lisa Kitagawa [D]
Rep. Bertrand Kobayashi [D]	Rep. Dale Kobayashi [D]	Rep. Sam Kong [D]	Sen. Chris Lee [D]
Rep. Nicole Lowen [D]	Rep. Sylvia Luke [D]	Rep. Scot Matayoshi [D]	Sen. Angus McKelvey [D]
Rep. John Mizuno [D]	Rep. Daynette Morikawa [D]	Rep. Nadine Nakamura [D]	Rep. Mark Nakashima [D]
Rep. Scott Nishimoto [D]	Rep. Takashi Ohno [D]	Rep. Richard Onishi [D]	Rep. Sean Quinlan [D]
Sen. Joy San Buenaventura [D]	Rep. Calvin Say [D]	Rep. Gregg Takayama [D]	Rep. Roy Takumi [D]
Rep. David Tarnas [D]	Rep. Chris Todd [D]	Rep. James Tokioka [D]	Rep. Justin Woodson [D]
Rep. Ryan Yamane [D]	Rep. Kyle Yamashita [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-27	House	Referred to HSG/FIN, referral sheet 5
2020-01-23	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.

SB3104 (Same As) 2020-03-09 - Referred to HSG/FIN, referral sheet 36

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2542&year=2020
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/HB2542_.HTM