Bill Text: HI SCR56 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii Senate Concurrent Resolution 56 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Requesting The Department Of Education To Convene A School Impact Fee Review Task Force To Review The School Impact Fees Law, Including Enforcement Of Existing Law, And Make Any Recommendations To Address Current And Future Needs For The Development Of New Schools To Accommodate Projected Population Growth.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-15 - Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Eli, Gates, Holt, Nakamura excused (4). [SCR56 Detail]

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THE SENATE	S.C.R. NO.	56
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

requesting the department of education to convene a school impact fee review task force to review THE school impact fees laW, including enforcement of existing law, and make any recommendations to address current and future needs for the development of new schools to accommodate projected population growth.

WHEREAS, Act 245, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007, established the law regarding school impact fees, which ensure that schools are expanded or built to meet the community's needs; and

WHEREAS, Act 245, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007, implemented a new method for financing, in part, new or expanding existing Department of Education educational facilities in partnership with developers of new residential developments; and

WHEREAS, however, land use planning, development patterns, and preferences have changed since 2007; and

WHEREAS, Kaka�ako, for example, has many existing and proposed high-density residential projects that will require at least one new school in that area; and

WHEREAS, additionally, the rail transit system area may require consideration if resultant population shifts require schools to be located near rail stations; and

WHEREAS, while Act 188, Session Laws of Hawaii 2010, made helpful clarifying amendments to the school impact fees law, more substantive amendments to the law may be necessary; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirtieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2019, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Department of Education is requested to convene a school impact fee review task force to review the school impact fees law, including enforcement of existing law, and make any recommendations to address current and future needs for the development of new schools to accommodate projected population growth; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the school impact fee review task force include the following members:

(1) The Superintendent of Education, or the Superintendent's designee;

(2) The Comptroller, or the Comptroller's designee;

(3) The Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources, or the Chairperson's designee;

(4) The Director of the Office of Planning, or the Director's designee;

(5) The Executive Director of the Hawaii Community Development Authority, or the Executive Director's designee;

(6) Two members appointed by the Board of Education who have experience in the development of real property for residential purposes; provided that the members neither be developers of real property located within the State, nor individuals with direct financial interests in developers of real property located within the State;

(7) The Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu, or the Mayor's designee; provided that the designee is an officer of the City and County of Honolulu;

(8) The Mayor of the County of Maui, or the Mayor's designee; provided that the designee is an officer of the County of Maui;

(9) The Mayor of the County of Hawaii, or the Mayor's designee; provided that the designee is an officer of the County of Hawaii; and

(10) The Mayor of the County of Kauai, or the Mayor's designee; provided that the designee is an officer of the County of Kauai; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the school impact fee review task force is requested to consider the following issues as well as any other issues deemed necessary by the task force:

(1) The adequacy of the existing school impact fees law to generate funding for schools in high-density urban areas and lower-density suburban areas;

(2) The projected costs of developing new schools in areas of different permitted densities;

(3) Appropriate impact fees for the development of vertical schools on smaller parcels of land in areas that permit high-density residential structures;

(4) Standards for the minimum floor area for vertical schools;

(5) The effects of county land use planning and zoning on development patterns and population shifts;

(6) Strategies to develop more schools where they are needed as a result of projected development patterns and population shifts; and

(7) The effect of any rail transit system on the projected need for schools near rail stations; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the school impact fee review task force is requested to submit interim reports on its actions to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Sessions of 2020 and 2021; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the school impact fee review task force is requested to submit a final report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature and Governor no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2022; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Education is requested to provide administrative support to the school impact fee review task force and assist the task force in the preparation of the reports and any proposed legislation to the Legislature; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of Education, Superintendent of Education, Comptroller, Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources, Director of the Office of Planning, Executive Director of the Hawaii Community Development Authority, Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu, Mayor of the County of Maui, Mayor of the County of Hawaii, and Mayor of the County of Kauai.