Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HR56 Compare Versions

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1	1	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.R. NO. 56 THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 STATE OF HAWAII HOUSE RESOLUTION Requesting the Office of planning and sustainable development, in coordination with appropriate state and county departments or agencies, to develop methods to estimate costs associated with delays in certain public and private development projects.
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35	35	Requesting the Office of planning and sustainable development, in coordination with appropriate state and county departments or agencies, to develop methods to estimate costs associated with delays in certain public and private development projects.
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43	43	WHEREAS, approvals made by decision-making authorities for public capital improvement projects use cost-benefit analyses to evaluate the public's benefit against the total cost to complete a certain project; and WHEREAS, approvals of required discretionary permits for private projects are partially contingent on the cost-benefit analysis of public benefits and the costs associated with project completion; and WHEREAS, project delays raise the estimated costs of the project, including costs related to labor, materials, land, capital, and inflation; and WHEREAS, value engineering is a systematic process to identify and eliminate unwanted costs, under which the scope of a project can be narrowed down because of project delays and potentially reducing the estimated benefits to the public; and WHEREAS, additional funding may be approved by the decision-making authority to complete the delayed project, which comes at a greater cost for taxpayers; and WHEREAS, higher rent or buying prices may be proposed to permitting agencies to offset the increased costs of project completion caused by delays; and WHEREAS, when project costs rise because of delays, the decision-making authority's initial cost-benefit analysis may become invalid; and WHEREAS, decision-making authorities should be presented with estimated costs that could incur from project delays beyond its initial plan, to make better informed decisions; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2025, that the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, in coordination with the Department of Accounting and General Services, Department of Budget and Finance, Department of Transportation, Land Use Commission, and the planning and public works departments of the respective counties, are requested to: (1) Identify strategies to secure information regarding the costs incurred due to a delay in the performance of any project, whether public or private, that used public funds or public permits prior to the initial commencement of the project; and (2) Propose amendments to existing budget request forms or permit applications to facilitate sharing of the estimated costs associated with project delays with decision-making authorities; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development is requested to submit to the Legislature a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, no later than twenty days prior to the Regular Session of 2026; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to Director of the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, Comptroller, Director of Budget and Finance, Director of Transportation, Chair of the Land Use Commission, and the respective Mayor of each county. OFFERED BY: _____________________________
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45	45	WHEREAS, approvals made by decision-making authorities for public capital improvement projects use cost-benefit analyses to evaluate the public's benefit against the total cost to complete a certain project; and
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49	49	WHEREAS, approvals of required discretionary permits for private projects are partially contingent on the cost-benefit analysis of public benefits and the costs associated with project completion; and
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53	53	WHEREAS, project delays raise the estimated costs of the project, including costs related to labor, materials, land, capital, and inflation; and
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57	57	WHEREAS, value engineering is a systematic process to identify and eliminate unwanted costs, under which the scope of a project can be narrowed down because of project delays and potentially reducing the estimated benefits to the public; and
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61	61	WHEREAS, additional funding may be approved by the decision-making authority to complete the delayed project, which comes at a greater cost for taxpayers; and
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65	65	WHEREAS, higher rent or buying prices may be proposed to permitting agencies to offset the increased costs of project completion caused by delays; and
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69	69	WHEREAS, when project costs rise because of delays, the decision-making authority's initial cost-benefit analysis may become invalid; and
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73	73	WHEREAS, decision-making authorities should be presented with estimated costs that could incur from project delays beyond its initial plan, to make better informed decisions; now, therefore,
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77	77	BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2025, that the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, in coordination with the Department of Accounting and General Services, Department of Budget and Finance, Department of Transportation, Land Use Commission, and the planning and public works departments of the respective counties, are requested to:
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81	81	(1) Identify strategies to secure information regarding the costs incurred due to a delay in the performance of any project, whether public or private, that used public funds or public permits prior to the initial commencement of the project; and
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85	85	(2) Propose amendments to existing budget request forms or permit applications to facilitate sharing of the estimated costs associated with project delays with decision-making authorities; and
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89	89	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development is requested to submit to the Legislature a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, no later than twenty days prior to the Regular Session of 2026; and
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93	93	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to Director of the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, Comptroller, Director of Budget and Finance, Director of Transportation, Chair of the Land Use Commission, and the respective Mayor of each county.
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101	101	OFFERED BY: _____________________________
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111	111	Report Title: Costs of Delay for Public and Private Projects; Permitting; Office of Planning and Sustainable Development
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