REPORT TITLE:
Permits; Approval


DESCRIPTION:
Establishes that applications for business or development-related
permits, licenses, or approvals are not automatically granted by
tie vote or other inconclusive vote.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 91-13.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(c)  All such issuing agencies shall take action to grant
 
 4 or deny any application for a business or development-related
 
 5 permit, license, or approval within the established maximum
 
 6 period of time, or the application shall be deemed approved.  No
 
 7 such application that requires a decision by a board or
 
 8 commission shall be deemed approved by operation of law if the
 
 9 board or commission takes a vote on, and does not approve, the
 
10 application within the specified time period."
 
11      SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.
 
12      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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14                       INTRODUCED BY:  ___________________________