REPORT TITLE:
Family Child Care


DESCRIPTION:
Includes condominiums and apartments as types of residences
eligible to be used as child care facilities for unrelated
children.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                    
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO FAMILY CHILD CARE.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 46-15.35, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(b)  For the purposes of this section, "family child care
 
 4 home" means a private [home where six or fewer children are cared
 
 5 for.] residence, including a home, condominium, or apartment, at
 
 6 which care may be provided for three to no more than six
 
 7 children, who are unrelated to the caregiver by blood, marriage,
 
 8 or adoption at any given time."
 
 9      SECTION 2.  Section 346-151, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
10 amended by amending the definition of "family child care home" to
 
11 read as follows:
 
12      ""Family child care home" means a private [home] residence,
 
13 including a home, condominium, or apartment, at which care may be
 
14 provided for three to no more than six children, who are
 
15 unrelated to the caregiver by blood, marriage, or adoption, at
 
16 any given time."
 
17      SECTION 3.  Section 501-231, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
18 amended by amending subsections (b) and (c) to read as follows:
 

 
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 1      "(b)  This provision shall not apply to:
 
 2      (1)  Housing for older persons as defined by 42 United
 
 3           States Code section 3607(b)(2);
 
 4      (2)  Limited-equity housing cooperatives created pursuant to
 
 5           chapter 421H;
 
 6      (3)  Cooperative housing corporations created pursuant to
 
 7           chapter 421I; or
 
 8     [(4)  Condominium property regimes created pursuant to
 
 9           Chapter 514A; or
 
10      (5)] (4)  Townhouse projects that consist of a series of
 
11           three or more individual dwelling units having
 
12           architectural unity and a common wall between each
 
13           adjacent unit and in which the owners of the units are
 
14           members of an association which is responsible for
 
15           common areas available for use by the members of the
 
16           association.
 
17      (c)  For the purposes of this section "family child care
 
18 home" means a private [home where six or fewer children are cared
 
19 for.] residence, including a home, condominium, or apartment, at
 
20 which care may be provided for three to no more than six
 
21 children, who are unrelated to the caregiver by blood, marriage,
 
22 or adoption at any given time."
 

 
 
 
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 1      SECTION 4.  Section 502-111, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsections (b) and (c) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(b)  This provision shall not apply to:
 
 4      (1)  Housing for older persons as defined by 42 United
 
 5           States Code section 3607(b)(2);
 
 6      (2)  Limited-equity housing cooperatives created pursuant to
 
 7           chapter 421H;
 
 8      (3)  Cooperative housing corporations created pursuant to
 
 9           chapter 411I; or
 
10     [(4)  Condominium property regimes created pursuant to
 
11           chapter 514A; or
 
12      (5)] (4)  Townhouse projects that consist of a series of
 
13           three or more individual dwelling units having
 
14           architectural unity and a common wall between each
 
15           adjacent unit and in which the owners of the units are
 
16           members of an association which is responsible for
 
17           common areas available for use by the members of the
 
18           association.
 
19      (c)  For the purposes of the section, "family child care
 
20 home" means a private [home where six or fewer children are cared
 
21 for.] residence, including a home, condominium, or apartment, at
 
22 which care may be provided for three to no more than six
 

 
 
 
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 1 children, who are unrelated to the caregiver by blood, marriage,
 
 2 or adoption at any given time."
 
 3      SECTION 5.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
 4 New statutory material is underscored.
 
 5      SECTION 6.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
 6 
 
 7                           INTRODUCED BY:_________________________