Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HCR151 Compare Versions

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1	1	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.C.R. NO. 151 THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 STATE OF HAWAII HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION requesting the Department of Accounting and General Services to conduct a study on the feasibility of exempting all state-related construction from county permitting requirements and establishing a permitting division within the department to be responsible for permitting services for all state-related construction.
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3	3	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.C.R. NO. 151
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37	37	requesting the Department of Accounting and General Services to conduct a study on the feasibility of exempting all state-related construction from county permitting requirements and establishing a permitting division within the department to be responsible for permitting services for all state-related construction.
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45	45	WHEREAS, developers in the State are generally required to obtain building permits from the county in which their project is located to ensure that construction and renovation work is completed in accordance with federal, state, and local laws, ordinances, and codes; and WHEREAS, county agencies responsible for permitting have been experiencing difficulties in hiring qualified land use plan reviewers, resulting in a chronic backlog of permit applications; and WHEREAS, a survey issued in April 2022 by the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization found that Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui County and the City and County of Honolulu were among the nation's eleven most heavily regulated counties and that the average delay in issuing building permits in Hawaii is three times longer than the survey sample mean; and WHEREAS, state departments routinely oversee construction projects, all of which require approval from the county in which the project is located; and WHEREAS, multiple stages of project review at the county level contribute to the county permitting agencies' permit backlog; and WHEREAS, it is prudent to eliminate barriers that prevent expeditious construction of projects that are over seen by the State; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2024, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Accounting and General Services is requested to conduct a study on the feasibility of exempting all state-related construction projects from county permitting requirements and establishing a Permitting Division within the Department to be responsible for permitting services for all state-related construction; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Comptroller. OFFERED BY: _____________________________ Report Title: DAGS; State-related Construction; County Permitting; Exemption; Study
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47	47	WHEREAS, developers in the State are generally required to obtain building permits from the county in which their project is located to ensure that construction and renovation work is completed in accordance with federal, state, and local laws, ordinances, and codes; and
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51	51	WHEREAS, county agencies responsible for permitting have been experiencing difficulties in hiring qualified land use plan reviewers, resulting in a chronic backlog of permit applications; and
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55	55	WHEREAS, a survey issued in April 2022 by the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization found that Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui County and the City and County of Honolulu were among the nation's eleven most heavily regulated counties and that the average delay in issuing building permits in Hawaii is three times longer than the survey sample mean; and
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59	59	WHEREAS, state departments routinely oversee construction projects, all of which require approval from the county in which the project is located; and
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63	63	WHEREAS, multiple stages of project review at the county level contribute to the county permitting agencies' permit backlog; and
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67	67	WHEREAS, it is prudent to eliminate barriers that prevent expeditious construction of projects that are over seen by the State; now, therefore,
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71	71	BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2024, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Accounting and General Services is requested to conduct a study on the feasibility of exempting all state-related construction projects from county permitting requirements and establishing a Permitting Division within the Department to be responsible for permitting services for all state-related construction; and
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75	75	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Comptroller.
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83	83	OFFERED BY: _____________________________
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97	97	DAGS; State-related Construction; County Permitting; Exemption; Study