HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.B. NO. 654 THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 STATE OF HAWAII A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to special management area MINOR permits. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.B. NO. 654
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
STATE OF HAWAII
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H.B. NO.
654
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
STATE OF HAWAII
A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to special management area MINOR permits.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 205A-22, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "special management area minor permit" to read as follows: ""Special management area minor permit" means an action by the authority authorizing [development the]: (1) Development, the valuation of which is not in excess of [$500,000] $1,000,000, and [which] that has no substantial adverse environmental or ecological effect, taking into account potential cumulative effects[.]; and (2) Construction or reconstruction of single-family residential use that is less than seven thousand five hundred square feet of floor area in aggregate; is situated on a shoreline parcel or a parcel that is impacted by waves, storm surges, high tide, or shoreline erosion; and is not part of a larger development." SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored. SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. INTRODUCED BY: _____________________________
SECTION 1. Section 205A-22, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "special management area minor permit" to read as follows:
""Special management area minor permit" means an action by the authority authorizing [development the]:
(1) Development, the valuation of which is not in excess of [$500,000] $1,000,000, and [which] that has no substantial adverse environmental or ecological effect, taking into account potential cumulative effects[.]; and
(2) Construction or reconstruction of single-family residential use that is less than seven thousand five hundred square feet of floor area in aggregate; is situated on a shoreline parcel or a parcel that is impacted by waves, storm surges, high tide, or shoreline erosion; and is not part of a larger development."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
INTRODUCED BY: _____________________________
INTRODUCED BY:
_____________________________
Report Title: Development; Special Management Area Minor Permit; Shoreline; Single-family Homes Description: Amends the definition of "special management area minor permit", in section 205A-22, HRS, to mean an action by the applicable authority authorizing: (1) Development, the valuation of which does not exceed $1,000,000, and that has no substantial adverse environmental or ecological effect, taking into account potential cumulative effects; or (2) Construction or reconstruction of single-family residential use that is less than 7,500 square feet of floor area in aggregate; is situated on a shoreline parcel or a parcel that is impacted by waves, storm surges, high tide, or shoreline erosion; and is not part of a larger development. The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
Report Title:
Development; Special Management Area Minor Permit; Shoreline; Single-family Homes
Description:
Amends the definition of "special management area minor permit", in section 205A-22, HRS, to mean an action by the applicable authority authorizing: (1) Development, the valuation of which does not exceed $1,000,000, and that has no substantial adverse environmental or ecological effect, taking into account potential cumulative effects; or (2) Construction or reconstruction of single-family residential use that is less than 7,500 square feet of floor area in aggregate; is situated on a shoreline parcel or a parcel that is impacted by waves, storm surges, high tide, or shoreline erosion; and is not part of a larger development.
The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.