SB435 SD1

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	435
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to Public Housing.

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

SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to authorize the Hawaii public housing authority to include in a request for proposals for the construction or renovation of a public housing project a price preference or scoring bonus to an offeror who proposes to redevelop concurrently an adjacent site.

SECTION 2. Chapter 356D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part I to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§356D- Price preference or scoring bonus to offeror who proposes to redevelop adjacent real property concurrently with construction or renovation of a federal or state low-income housing project. (a) The authority may include in a request for proposals for the construction or renovation of a federal or state low-income housing project under this chapter, a price preference or scoring bonus, to an offeror who has redeveloped or proposes to redevelop, concurrently with the proposed construction or renovation work, an offeror-controlled adjacent site to make available new or renovated dwelling units for low-income households. For the purposes of this section, "offeror-controlled adjacent site" means real property that is adjacent to the boundaries of the subject federal or state low-income housing project and either owned in fee simple by the offeror or leased to the offeror for a period of at least thirty years.

(b) A request for proposals issued pursuant to this section shall expressly state that:

(1) An offeror may include a plan to redevelop concurrently an adjacent site, or cite as a public benefit the completed or ongoing redevelopment of dwelling units for low-income households on an offeror-controlled adjacent site; and

(2) An offeror shall not be disqualified solely on the basis that the offeror's proposal did not include an option to redevelop an adjacent site.

(c) If providing a price preference, the request for proposals shall identify the percentage of preference, which may vary according to the following in relation to the adjacent site:

(1) The extent and type of the proposed completed or ongoing redevelopment activity;

(2) The tenure of the offeror; and

(3) The number of dwelling units proposed to be or actually made available to low-income households.

(d) If providing a scoring bonus, the request for proposals shall clearly describe said scoring bonus and shall include but not be limited to descriptions of:

(1) The criteria for evaluating the proposed, completed, or ongoing redevelopment activity; and

(2) The relative importance of the redevelopment criterion in comparison to other criteria."

SECTION 3. Section 356D-17, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"[[]§356D-17[]] Public works contracts. The authority may make, execute, and carry out contracts for, or in connection with, any public housing project in the manner provided in chapter 103D [~~and~~], section 103-53[~~; and with~~], and section 356D‑ . With regard to [~~the~~] said contracts, the term "procurement officer", as used in chapter 103D, shall mean the authority or officer authorized by the authority to act as its contracting officer. Unless made and executed in the name of the State, each contract made and executed as authorized in this section shall state therein that it is so made and executed."

SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.