Bill Text: HI SB874 | 2019 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Housing On Hawaiian Home Lands.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-03-07 - Referred to WLH/HSG, FIN, referral sheet 27 [SB874 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2019-SB874-Amended.html
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THE SENATE |
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO HOUSING ON HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 214, Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) The department may make loans from revolving funds to any lessee or native Hawaiian to whom, or any cooperative association to which, a lease has been issued under section 207(a) of this Act or a license has been issued under section 207(c)(1)(B) of this Act. Such loans may be made for the following purposes:
(1) The repair or maintenance or purchase or erection of dwellings on any tract, and the undertaking of other permanent improvements thereon;
(2) The purchase of livestock, swine, poultry, fowl, aquaculture stock, and farm and aquaculture equipment;
(3) Otherwise assisting in the development of tracts and of farm, ranch, and aquaculture operations, including:
(A) The initial and on-going development, improvement, operation, and expansion of homestead farms, ranches, and aquaculture enterprises;
(B) The liquidation of indebtedness incurred for any of the foregoing purposes relating to farm loans aged less than five years;
(C) The payment of normal and reasonable living expenses of a full-time farmer;
(D) The planning, layout, and installation of soil and water conservation practices; and
(E) Providing relief and rehabilitation to homestead farmers and ranchers due to damage by rain and windstorms, droughts, tidal wave, earthquake, volcanic eruption, and other natural catastrophes, and for livestock disease, epidemics, crop blights, and serious effects of prolonged shipping and dock strikes;
(4) The cost of
breaking up, planting, and cultivating land and harvesting crops, the cost of
excavating or constructing aquaculture ponds and tanks, the purchase of seeds,
fertilizers, feeds, insecticides, medicines, and chemicals for disease and pest
control for animals, fish, shellfish, and crops, and the related supplies
required for farm, ranch, and aquaculture operations, the erection of fences
and other permanent improvements for farm, ranch, and aquaculture purposes and
the expense of marketing; [and]
(5) To assist
licensees in the operation or erection of theaters, garages, service stations,
markets, stores, and other mercantile establishments, all of which shall be
owned by native Hawaiians or by organizations formed and controlled by native
Hawaiians[.]; and
(6) To provide
loans to qualifying lessees for the purchase or lease of micro housing units
for use on Hawaiian home lands; provided that:
(A) Each
loan shall not exceed $125,000; and
(B) The
department of Hawaiian home lands shall determine the criteria to be met by
lessees in order to qualify for loans pursuant to this paragraph.
For
purposes of this paragraph, "micro housing unit" means a dwelling
unit with a total floor area of less than eight hundred square feet and that
includes a bed, kitchen, kitchen sink, cooking and refrigeration appliances,
and a partitioned-off bathroom containing a toilet and a bathtub or
shower. "Micro housing unit"
includes an accessory dwelling unit."
SECTION 2. The provisions of the amendments made by this Act to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended, are declared to be severable, and if any section, sentence, clause, or phrase, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held ineffective because there is a requirement of having the consent of the United States to take effect, then that portion only shall take effect upon the granting of consent by the United States and effectiveness of the remainder of these amendments or the application thereof shall not be affected.
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050; provided that section 1 shall take effect with the consent of the United States Congress.
Report Title:
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands; Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation; Micro Housing; Tiny Homes
Description:
Authorizes the use of the Hawaiian Home Loan Fund and Hawaiian Home General Loan Fund to assist qualifying lessees purchasing or leasing micro housing units on approved Hawaiian home lands. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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