HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2024
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Rep. Luke A. Evslin, Chair |
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Rep. Micah P.K. Aiu, Vice Chair |
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Rep. Darius K. Kila |
Rep. Richard H.K. Onishi |
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Rep. Lisa Kitagawa |
Rep. Chris Todd |
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Rep. Tyson K. Miyake |
Rep. Lauren Matsumoto |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Wednesday, January 31, 2024 |
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10:00 a.m. |
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VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE Conference Room 312 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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A G E N D A
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Provides a new source of interim financing for affordable housing projects using housing programs under chapter 201H, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Sunsets 7/1/2029. Effective 1/1/2025.
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HSG, WAL, FIN |
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RELATING TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS. Establishes the accessory dwelling unit loan program under HHFDC to provide loans for the development of accessory dwelling units.
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HSG, ECD, FIN |
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RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT. Increases the loan limit for direct loans provided by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to 75% of the maximum single residence loan amount allowed in Hawaii by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's Federal Housing Administration, instead of 50%, as currently outlined in section 215 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920, as amended. Takes effect on either the date of the Secretary of the Interior's notification that congressional approval of this Act is unnecessary, or on the date of consent by the United States Congress.
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HSG, JHA, FIN |
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RELATING TO ACCESSIBLE HOUSING. Establishes the multifamily housing accessibility modifications grant program to facilitate the installation of accessibility modifications in certain properties. Appropriates moneys. Declares that the appropriation exceeds the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.
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HSG, HUS, FIN |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Requires the school facilities authority to work with the Department of Education to prioritize projects for the construction of educator workforce housing that will house teachers and other staff of the Department. Requires the School Facilities Authority to include in its annual report to the Governor, Board of Education, and Legislature the actions the Authority will take within the next year, three years, and five years toward increasing educator workforce housing. Requires the Department of Education to collaborate with the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Maui County, Kauai County, and other appropriate state departments and agencies to submit a preliminary report to the Legislature on the status of lands designated to be transferred to the Department of Education pursuant to Act 307, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022.
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HSG, EDN, FIN |
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RELATING TO ZONING. Allows counties to enact a zoning ordinance to amortize or phase out nonconforming single-family transient vacation rental units over a reasonable period of time.
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________________________________________ Rep. Luke A. Evslin Chair |
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