KA ‘AHA KENEKOA
THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2024
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Senator Stanley Chang, Chair |
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Senator Troy N. Hashimoto, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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Thursday, January 25, 2024 |
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1:00 PM |
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Conference Room 225 & Videoconference State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Amends the priority for which moneys in the Rental Housing Revolving Fund are to be used.
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Restricts any county from disapproving or imposing certain conditions on the development of a housing development project or emergency shelter unless the county meets certain requirements.
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation's and Hawaii Public Housing Authority's programs to develop housing exclusively for residents of the State who are owner- or renter-occupants and own no other real property. Makes appropriations.
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RELATING TO THE RENTAL HOUSING REVOLVING FUND. Prohibits the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation from forgiving loans made from the Rental Housing Revolving Fund.
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RELATING TO THE CONTROLLING INTEREST TRANSFER TAX. Establishes that the transfer of a controlling interest in an entity that owns real property in the state shall be subject to the conveyance tax established in chapter 247, HRS. Requires the conveyance tax collected on the transfer of the controlling interests to be deposited into the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund. Requires the Department of Taxation to adopt rules.
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Amends the priority for which moneys in the Rental Housing Revolving Fund are to be used. Requires the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to: (1) prioritize the allocation of low-income housing tax credits to certain projects and (2) adopt administrative rules regarding the awarding of: (A) points when evaluating and ranking low-income housing tax credit applications and (B) Rental Housing Revolving Fund moneys to certain housing projects.
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority for the rehabilitation, remodeling, renovation, and repair of housing units without regard to civil service law.
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Authorizes HHFDC to issue bonds for housing project infrastructure and finance the development of regional state infrastructure projects. Exempts bonds issued by HHFDC for improvements by assessments, and the interest thereon, from state, county, and municipal taxation, with certain exceptions. Includes proceeds from bonds issued for regional state infrastructure projects as a source of revenue for regional state infrastructure subaccounts. Authorizes regional state infrastructure subaccount revenues to be used to repay regional state infrastructure project bond holders.
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Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
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_____________________________________ Senator Stanley Chang Chair |
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