HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	741
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to housing.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 201H, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to subpart K, part III, to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§201H-    Prevailing wages; exemption. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any project utilizing moneys from the affordable homeownership revolving fund with total development costs not exceeding $3,000,000 shall be exempt from chapter 104."

SECTION 2. Section 104-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(a) This chapter shall apply to every contract in excess of $2,000 for construction of a public work project to which a governmental contracting agency is a party; provided that this chapter shall not apply to experimental and demonstration housing developed pursuant to section 46-15 [or]; housing developed pursuant to chapter 201H if the cost of the project is less than $500,000 and the eligible bidder or eligible developer is a private nonprofit corporation[.]; or projects utilizing moneys from the affordable homeownership revolving fund with total development costs not exceeding $3,000,000, pursuant to section 201H-   .

For the purposes of this subsection:

"Contract" includes but is not limited to any agreement, purchase order, or voucher in excess of $2,000 for construction of a public work project.

"Governmental contracting agency" includes:

(1) Any person or entity that causes either directly or indirectly the building or development of a public work; and

(2) Any public-private partnership.

"Party" includes eligible bidders for and eligible developers of any public work and any housing under chapter 201H; provided that this subsection shall not apply to any housing developed under section 46-15 or chapter 201H if the entire cost of the project is less than $500,000 and the eligible bidder or eligible developer is a private nonprofit corporation."

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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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:

Affordable Homeownership Revolving Fund; Prevailing Wages; Exemption

Description:

Exempts certain projects funded by the Affordable Homeownership Revolving Fund from prevailing wages provisions.

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