HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	732
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025		H.D. 2
STATE OF HAWAII		S.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO SHORELINE MANAGEMENT AREAS.

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

SECTION 1. Section 205A-22, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definitions of "special management area minor permit" and "special management area use permit" to read as follows:

""Special management area minor permit" means [an]:

(1) Development of a single-family residence that is less than three thousand five hundred square feet of floor area and is not part of a larger development; or

(2) An action by the authority authorizing development, the valuation of which is not in excess of [$500,000 and which] $750,000, with inflation adjustments every five years starting from the effective date of this Act by the lead agency in accordance with the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor, and that has no substantial adverse environmental or ecological effect, taking into account potential cumulative effects.

"Special management area use permit" means an action [by]:

(1) By the authority authorizing development, the valuation of which exceeds [$500,000] $750,000, with inflation adjustment every five years starting from the effective date of this Act by the lead agency in accordance with the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor; or [which]

(2) That may have a substantial adverse environmental or ecological effect, taking into account potential cumulative effects."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 3000.

Report Title:

Counties; OPSD; Shoreline Management; Development; Special Management Areas; Permits

Description:

Allows single‑family residences that are less than 3,500 square feet in floor area and not part of a larger development, regardless of development valuation, to be eligible for a special management area minor permit. Increases the valuation of development that determines the necessity of a special management area minor permit or special management area use permit to $750,000 and requires that amount to be adjusted every five years for inflation. Effective 7/1/3000. (SD1)

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