HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2018
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Rep. Tom Brower, Chair |
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Rep. Nadine K. Nakamura, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Henry J.C. Aquino |
Rep. Joy A. San Buenaventura |
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Rep. Mark J. Hashem |
Rep. Bob McDermott |
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Rep. Sean Quinlan |
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NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Tuesday, February 6, 2018 |
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TIME: |
9:30 am |
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Conference Room 423 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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RELATING TO COUNTIES. Amends county zoning power for single-family and multifamily residential dwelling units. Requires the City and County of Honolulu to amend rules for planning and permitting.
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HSG, WAL, JUD |
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RELATING TO HOUSING ASSISTANCE. Appropriates funds to provide additional rent supplement subsidies.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. Expands the rental assistance program by increasing the minimum percentage of affordable units a rental housing project is required to maintain for eligible tenants. Appropriates funds to support new rental assistance program contracts.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO RENTAL HOUSING. Amends Act 127, Session Laws of Hawaii 2016, to clarify the duties of the special action team and add additional members to the special action team. Makes an appropriation.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOMEOWNERSHIP. Assists first-time homebuyers in saving to buy a home by increasing the aggregate total that can be saved in individual housing accounts free of state income taxation.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO TAXATION. Amends the basis and rate for the conveyance tax, adds an exemption to the conveyance tax for qualified affordable housing, and increases allocation of the conveyance tax to the Land Conservation Fund and the Rental Housing Revolving Fund.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT. Allows the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit to be claimed against the general excise tax.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO AUTOMATIC FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS. Establishes a refundable income tax credit of 25% of the total costs, including installation costs, of an automatic fire suppression system in any new detached 1- or 2-family dwelling unit in a structure used only for residential purposes. Sunsets on 6/30/25.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO CONDOMINIUMS. Establishes the automatic fire sprinkler system revolving fund to provide low interest loans for the installation of automatic fire sprinkler systems in condominiums or apartments; provided that no loans shall be authorized until January 1, 2019.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Establishes an income tax credit for the cost of construction and renovation that complies with residential housing visitability standards.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE CONVEYANCE TAX. Repeals the statutory cap on the disposition of conveyance taxes dedicated for deposit into the Rental Housing Revolving Fund for the financing of affordable rental housing development.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Expands and extends to June 30, 2026, the certification for exemption from general excise tax and use tax costs for certain rental housing projects pursuant to section 201H-36(a)(5), Hawaii Revised Statutes, to include affordable rents. Requires said project owners to accept Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers as a condition of certification.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT. Specifies that certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code related to at-risk rules and deductions and to passive activity loss do not apply with respect to claims for the state low-income housing tax credit.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Amends conveyance tax rates. Requires that a percentage of conveyance taxes collected be deposited into the Housing Finance Revolving Fund.
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HSG, FIN |
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RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Exempts affordable housing units acquired, developed, financed, or rehabilitated by qualified nonprofit housing trusts from the use restrictions and the 10-year owner-occupancy, 10-year buyback, owner qualifications, and shared appreciation equity requirements if the qualified nonprofit housing trust establishes owner-occupancy and buy-back restrictions approved by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation.
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HSG, FIN |
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DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW
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· The Committee(s) to which the comments are directed;
· The date and time of the hearing; and
· Measure number.
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________________________________________ Rep. Tom Brower Chair |
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