HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	737
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

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

SECTION 1. Section 6E-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "historic property" to read as follows:

""Historic property" means any building, structure, object, district, area, or site, including a heiau and an underwater site, [which] that is over fifty years old[.] and meets the integrity and significance criteria to be placed onto the Hawaii register of historic places, as determined by department staff or a qualified professional, as set forth by the department, or has important value to Native Hawaiians or other ethnic groups of the State due to associations with cultural practices once carried out, or still being carried out, at the property or due to associations with traditional beliefs, events, or oral accounts that are important to the group's history, traditional practices, and cultural identity."

SECTION 2. Section 6E-42.2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(a) An application for a proposed project on an existing privately-owned single-family detached dwelling unit or townhouse shall be subject to the requirements of section 6E-42 only if the single-family detached dwelling unit or townhouse is [over fifty years old and]:

(1) [Is listed] Listed on the Hawaii or national register of historic places, or both;

(2) [Is nominated] Nominated for inclusion on the Hawaii or national register of historic places, or both; or

(3) [Is located] Located in a historic district."

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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.

Report Title:

Historic Preservation; Historic Property

Description:

Redefines "historic property" with respect to the State Historic Preservation Program. Deletes the requirement for an application for a proposed project on an existing privately-owned single-family detached dwelling unit to have a historic preservation review if the unit or townhouse is over fifty years old.

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