THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	1396
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to impact fees.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 46-142, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  Impact fees may be assessed, imposed, levied, and collected by:

     (1)  Any county for any development, or portion thereof, not involving water supply or service; or

     (2)  Any board for any development, or portion thereof, involving water supply or service;

provided that the county enacts appropriate impact fee ordinances or the board adopts rules to effectuate the imposition and collection of the fees within their respective jurisdictions.  No county shall impose an impact fee for any development, or portion thereof, conducted within an urban core.  For purposes of this subsection "urban core" means an urbanized area that has a population density of at least 1,000 people per square mile and a total area population of more than 20,000 people."

     SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Impact Fees; Exemption for Urban Core

Description:

Prohibits counties from imposing impact fees for any development, or portion thereof, conducted within an urban core.  Defines "urban core" as an urbanized area that has a population density of at least 1,000 people per square mile and a total area population of more than 20,000 people.

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