THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	3243
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

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

SECTION 1. Section 206M-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:

1. By adding a definition of "economic zone" to read:

""Economic zone" means a tract of real property determined by the board as being suitable for use as building sites for projects by one or more industrial, processing, or manufacturing enterprises engaged in technology, including high technology support facilities, such as greenhouses and manufacturing, value-added, processing, and packaging facilities; research; training; technical analyses; software development; and pilot plant or prototype product development; and may include the installation of improvements to the tract incidental to the use of real property as an economic zone, such as water, sewer, sewage and waste disposal, and drainage facilities, sufficient to adequately service projects in the economic zone, and the provision of incidental transportation facilities, power distribution facilities, and communication facilities. "Economic zone" shall not include any buildings or structures of any kind except for buildings or structures incidental to improvements to the economic zone."

2. By repealing the definition of "industrial park":

[""Industrial park" means a tract of real property determined by the board as being suitable for use as building sites for projects by one or more industrial, processing, or manufacturing enterprises engaged in technology, including research, training, technical analyses, software development, and pilot plant or prototype product development, and may include the installation of improvements to the tract incidental to the use of real property as an industrial park, such as water, sewer, sewage and waste disposal, and drainage facilities, sufficient to adequately service projects in the industrial park, and provision of incidental transportation facilities, power distribution facilities, and communication facilities. Industrial parks shall not include any buildings or structures of any kind except for buildings or structures incidental to improvements to the industrial park."]

SECTION 2. Chapter 206M is amended by substituting the words "economic zone" wherever the words "industrial park" appear, as the context requires.

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Industrial Park; Economic Zone

Description:

Replaces all instances of "industrial park" with "economic zone" in chapter 206M, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Establishes a definition of "economic zone". Repeals the definition of "industrial park".

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