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HI Rev Stat § 356D-105 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-105 Garbage and trash disposal.

 §356D-105 Garbage and trash disposal. Every county that maintains or operates any garbage or trash collection and disposal service shall collect, free of charge, and dispose of garbage and trash at and from any public housing project or complex located within the county, which is owned, operated, or administered by the authority. Upon request of the authority, each county shall allow the authority to establish, maintain, or operate its own garbage and trash collection and disposal service for any or all public housing projects or complexes located within the county, and in regard to the service, shall allow the authority to use, free of charge, all incinerators, garbage dumps, and other facilities that the county may own, control, or operate.  Nothing in this section shall prohibit or prevent the authority from paying, and any county from receiving, any sum or sums that the authority in its discretion may agree to pay as reasonable compensation for the services or facilities provided by any county pursuant to this section. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-106 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-106 Furnishing of free water not required.

 §356D-106 Furnishing of free water not required. Sections 356D-102 to 356D-105 shall not be construed to require the furnishing of any free water to the authority or to the tenants or occupants of any public housing project or complex owned, operated, or administered by the authority. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-107 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-107 Regulation of traffic within public housing projects in the various counties.

 §356D-107 Regulation of traffic within public housing projects in the various counties. (a) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the council of the city and county of Honolulu may regulate traffic within the various public housing projects of the authority in that county by ordinance.  (b) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the county councils of the counties of Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai may regulate traffic within the various public housing projects of the authority within their respective counties by ordinance.  (c) No ordinance or regulations enacted by the council of any county regulating traffic within the public housing projects of the authority within the county shall be valid or effective unless prior thereto, the authority has entered into a written contract with the county absolving the county from any and all responsibility or liability for the construction, maintenance, and repair of any streets, lanes, alleys, or highways or street markers, traffic signs, or signal devices within the public housing projects of the authority. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-120 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-120 Additional powers.

 §356D-120 Additional powers. The powers conferred upon the authority by this part shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law, and nothing in this part shall be construed as limiting any powers, rights, privileges, or immunities of the authority. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-151 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-151 Rent supplements.

 §356D-151 Rent supplements. The authority is authorized to make and contract to make annual payments to a housing owner on behalf of a qualified tenant as those terms are defined in this part, in amounts and under circumstances as are prescribed by the authority pursuant to rules adopted by the authority. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2; am L 2007, c 223, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-151.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-151.5 Rent supplement; qualification.

  §356D-151.5 Rent supplement; qualification. Except as provided by federal law, nothing in this chapter shall prevent a person who otherwise qualifies for rent supplement under this chapter from taking up to ninety days (from the day the person's application for rent supplement is approved) to secure a qualified rental dwelling; provided that rent supplement payments shall not commence until a qualified rental dwelling is secured. [L 2008, c 166, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-152 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-152 Housing owner; defined.

 §356D-152 Housing owner; defined. As used in this part, the term "housing owner" means:  (1) A private nonprofit corporation or other private nonprofit legal entity, a limited dividend corporation or other limited dividend legal entity, or a cooperative housing corporation, that is a mortgagor under section 202, 207, 213, 221(d)(3), 221(d)(5), or 231 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, or that conforms to the standards of those sections but that is not a mortgagor under those sections or any other private mortgagor under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, for very low-income, low-income, or moderate-income family housing, regulated or supervised under federal or state laws or by political subdivisions of the State, or agencies thereof, as to rents, charges, capital structure, rate of return, and methods of operation, from the time of issuance of the building permit for the project;  (2) Any other owner of a standard housing unit or units deemed qualified by the authority; and  (3) The authority. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-153 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-153 Qualified tenant defined; preference.

 §356D-153 Qualified tenant defined; preference. (a) As used in this part, "qualified tenant" means any single person or family, pursuant to criteria and procedures established by the authority, who has been determined to have an income not exceeding the income limit as determined by the authority pursuant to rules adopted by the authority; provided that the income limit shall not exceed ninety-five per cent of the annual median income as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; provided further that the qualified tenant's primary place of residence shall be in the State or the qualified tenant intends to make the State the qualified tenant's primary place of residence. The terms "qualified tenant" and "tenant" shall include a person or family who satisfies the foregoing requirements and is a member of a cooperative who, upon resale of the member's membership to the cooperative, will not be reimbursed for more than fifty per cent of any equity increment accumulated through payments under this part.  With respect to members of a cooperative, as used in this part, the terms "rental" and "rental charges" mean the charges under the occupancy agreements between the members and the cooperative.  (b) The authority shall give preference to qualified tenants with incomes at or below eighty per cent of the annual median income as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2; am L 2007, c 223, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-154 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-154 Relationship of annual payment to rental and income.

 §356D-154 Relationship of annual payment to rental and income. The amount of the annual payment with respect to any dwelling unit shall not exceed the amount by which the fair market rental for that unit exceeds thirty per cent of the tenant's income as determined by the authority pursuant to procedures and rules pursuant to chapter 91. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-155 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-155 Determination of eligibility of tenants and rental charges.

 §356D-155 Determination of eligibility of tenants and rental charges. (a) For purposes of carrying out this part, the authority shall establish criteria and procedures for determining the eligibility of tenants and rental charges, including criteria and procedures with respect to periodic review of the tenant's income and periodic adjustment of rental charges. The authority shall issue, upon the request of a housing owner, certificates as to the income of the individuals and families applying for admission to, or residing in, dwellings of that owner.  (b) Procedures adopted by the authority hereunder shall provide for recertification of the incomes of tenants, except elders, at intervals of two years, or at shorter intervals, for the purpose of adjusting rental charges and annual payments on the basis of tenants' incomes, but in no event shall rental charges adjusted under this part for any dwelling exceed the fair market rental of the dwelling.  (c) No payments under this part may be made with respect to any property for which the costs of operation, including wages and salaries, are determined by the authority to be greater than similar costs of operation of similar housing in the community where the property is situated. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-156 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-156 Rules.

 §356D-156 Rules. The authority may adopt under chapter 91 all rules necessary to carry out the purpose of this part, including rules relating to determining preference among applicants for state rent supplements. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-160 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-160 Additional powers.

 §356D-160 Additional powers. The powers conferred upon the authority by this part shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law, and nothing in this part shall be construed as limiting any powers, rights, privileges, or immunities so conferred. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 363-1 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|363. Veterans Rights and Benefits|363-1 Definitions.

 §363-1 Definitions. Unless the context clearly requires a different meaning, when used in this chapter:  "Dependent" of a veteran means any person who received from a veteran the person's principal support prior to entry or following entry of the veteran into any of the armed services or following the veteran's discharge from any of the armed services. It includes a dependent of a person currently serving in the service and a former dependent of a discharged or deceased veteran and of a person who has died in such service. It shall not include a dependent of a person discharged under other than honorable conditions.  "Director" means the director of the office of veterans' services.  "Family" of a veteran means members of the immediate family of the veteran, or of a person currently serving in any of the armed services, or of a person who has died in the service, or of a deceased veteran.  "Office" means the office of veterans' services as constituted under this chapter.  "Veteran" means any person who has served in any of the armed services of the United States, or any person who is now a citizen of the United States who has served in any of the armed services of any country which was an ally of the United States in any war or campaign in which the United States was also engaged. [L 1951, c 75, §2; am L 1953, c 116, §1; RL 1955, §349-1; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §20; HRS §363-1; am L 1970, c 105, §5; am L 1981, c 223, §1; am L 1982, c 177, §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1987, c 339, §4; am L 1988, c 115, §3]
HI Rev Stat § 363-3.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|363. Veterans Rights and Benefits|363-3.5 Advisory board on veterans' services; appointment; duties.

  §363-3.5 Advisory board on veterans' services; appointment; duties. (a) There shall be a policy advisory board on veterans' services within the office of veterans' services. The board shall consist of nine members appointed by the governor as provided in section 26-34. Five members shall be veterans, and there shall be at least one member residing in each of the counties of Maui and Kauai. The county of Hawaii shall be represented by two members, one member shall reside in east Hawaii and one member shall reside in west Hawaii. Four members shall reside in the city and county of Honolulu. At least three members shall be women. The director of health, the director of human services, the director of labor and industrial relations, and the adjutant general shall serve as ex officio[,] nonvoting members. The director for the office of veterans' services shall serve as an ex officio[,] voting member. The chairperson of the board shall be elected by the majority of the board. The members shall serve without compensation but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.  (b) The advisory board shall advise the director in, but not limited to, the following areas:  (1) The identification of issues and alternative approaches to solutions;  (2) The development of position statements and papers;  (3) Advocacy and legislative actions; and  (4) Program development and operations. [L 1988, c 115, §7; am L 2007, c 12, §2; am L 2009, c 71, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 363-4 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|363. Veterans Rights and Benefits|363-4 Establishment of cemeteries on Hawaii, Kauai, Maui, Molokai, and Lanai.

 §363-4 Establishment of cemeteries on Hawaii, Kauai, Maui, Molokai, and Lanai. The department of land and natural resources shall set aside, or acquire by exchange, purchase, or condemnation, in the manner provided by law, land suitable for the establishing of veterans cemeteries on the islands of Hawaii, Maui, Kauai, Molokai, and Lanai. [L 1947, c 214, §1; RL 1955, §348-1; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §21; am L 1961, c 132, §2; HRS §363-4; am L 1978, c 58, §1; am L 1997, c 23, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 363-5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|363. Veterans Rights and Benefits|363-5 Councils' responsibility; burial of service members, veterans, and dependents; office of veterans' services approval.

 §363-5 Councils' responsibility; burial of service members, veterans, and dependents; office of veterans' services approval. (a) The councils of the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui shall each provide for the establishment of the veterans cemetery or cemeteries to be located within their respective counties, which includes grading, filling, leveling, platting, paving of roadways and walks, installation of curbs, building of fences, planting of grass, trees and shrubs, erection of memorial buildings and monuments, and building of other necessary or convenient structures, and shall make provisions for the maintenance and upkeep of the cemetery or cemeteries. The councils shall each provide for the interment of the remains, of:  (1) Service members who died while in the armed forces of the United States;  (2) Eligible veterans who entered military service after September 7, 1980, as an enlisted person, or after October 16, 1980, as an officer, and served a minimum of twenty-four continuous months or the full period for which the person was called to active duty, as in the case of a reservist;  (3) Eligible veterans who were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable of the armed forces of the United States with either peacetime or wartime service; and  (4) The wife, husband, minor children, or unmarried disabled adult children, who predecease a service member or veteran who would be entitled to interment, in any state veterans cemetery. The cost of transportation of the remains to the county of interment shall be borne by the family or estate of the deceased.  (b) The determination of eligibility for burial within any state veterans cemetery shall be in accordance with current Veterans Affairs and National Cemeteries Administration Regulations.  (c) Prior to any county action that may:  (1) Have an adverse financial impact upon the State's fiscal obligation to establish and maintain veterans cemeteries; or  (2) Impair or conflict with federal requirements that are a prescribed condition for the allocation of federal funds, the county shall obtain approval of the action from the office of veterans' services. In the event of any disagreement between any county and the office of veterans' services over whether this subsection applies, the decision of the office of veterans' services shall control. [L 1947, c 214, §2; RL 1955, §348-2; am L 1957, c 131, §1; HRS §363-5; am L 1972, c 94, §1; am L 2012, c 307, § §1, 4; am L 2013, c 41, §1; am L 2014, c 197, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 363-6 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|363. Veterans Rights and Benefits|363-6 REPEALED.

 §363-6 REPEALED. L 1971, c 6, §1.
HI Rev Stat § 363-7 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|363. Veterans Rights and Benefits|363-7 REPEALED.

 §363-7 REPEALED. L 2012, c 307, §2.
HI Rev Stat § 363-11 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|363. Veterans Rights and Benefits|363-11 Special housing for disabled veterans.

 §363-11 Special housing for disabled veterans. The office shall develop rules to specify the amount to be provided a veteran for the purpose of bearing the cost not borne by the federal government for a specially designed home for disabled veterans. The veteran must have been a bona fide resident of the State before entering active service with the armed forces and must qualify for a federal grant under the Department of Veterans Affairs' Specially Adapted Housing program. In no event shall the State pay a qualified veteran a share greater than the federal government toward the purchase or remodeling of such home.  The moneys provided shall be expended only on vouchers drawn by the comptroller based on application therefor approved by the office in accordance with this section, to the extent permitted by the applicable appropriation. [L 1949, c 225, § §1, 2; am L 1953, c 106, §4; am L 1955, c 228, §1; RL 1955, §348-7; am L 1957, c 152, §1; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §20; HRS §363-11; am L 1970, c 105, §5; am L 1981, c 223, §2; am L 1987, c 339, §4; am L 1988, c 115, §6; am L 2017, c 12, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 363-12 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|363. Veterans Rights and Benefits|363-12 Disbursement of World War II Filipino-American veterans burial grant funds.

  §363-12 Disbursement of World War II Filipino-American veterans burial grant funds. (a) The office of veterans' services, at the request of a deceased World War II Filipino-American veteran's survivor or an interested party, shall make payment, under the veterans burial grant program, directly to a licensed provider of mortuary or crematory services in the State for the cost of:  (1) Providing funeral and burial services for a deceased World War II Filipino-American veteran; and  (2) Transporting the remains of a deceased World War II Filipino-American veteran to the Philippines.  (b) The maximum amount that may be disbursed on behalf of a deceased World War II Filipino-American veteran under this section is $2,500.  (c) The office of veterans' services shall not expend more than the amount appropriated for the fiscal year to provide burial grants for deceased World War II Filipino-American veterans.  (d) The office of veterans' services shall establish specific eligibility criteria, application and appeal procedures, service choices, and invoicing arrangements. Eligibility shall include the requirement that a World War II Filipino-American veteran was, at the time of death, a resident of the State, as evidenced by valid documentation of state residence, a State of Hawaii driver's license, or a State of Hawaii identification card.  (e) Payment shall be made by the office of veterans' services upon the submission of a contract for services on behalf of the deceased World War II Filipino-American veteran and an itemized unpaid invoice to the office.  (f) For the purposes of this section, "World War II Filipino-American veteran" means any Filipino-American veteran, who is now a citizen of the United States, who served honorably in an active duty status in any of the armed services of the United States between September 1, 1939, and December 31, 1946. [L 2003, c 101, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 363-13 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|363. Veterans Rights and Benefits|363-13 Disbursement of World War II Filipino veterans burial grant funds.

  §363-13 Disbursement of World War II Filipino veterans burial grant funds. (a) At the request of a deceased World War II Filipino veteran's survivor or an interested party, the office shall receive, review, and, as appropriate, approve requests for payments to:  (1) Provide funeral and burial services for a World War II Filipino veteran who died after June 30, 1994; and  (2) Transport the remains of that World War II Filipino veteran to the Philippines.  (b) The office shall establish the amount of burial grant funds that may be disbursed on behalf of a World War II Filipino veteran; provided that the amount shall not exceed $2,000 per person.  (c) The office shall not expend more than the amount appropriated for the fiscal year to provide burial grants for deceased World War II Filipino veterans.  (d) Specific eligibility criteria, application and appeal procedures, service choices, and invoicing arrangements shall be established by the office.  (e) Payment shall be authorized by the office upon the submission of an itemized unpaid invoice reflecting services that have been satisfactorily performed on behalf of a deceased World War II Filipino veteran.  (f) As used in this section, "World War II Filipino veteran" means a Filipino veteran who enlisted in World War II between October 6, 1945, and June 30, 1947, and who, at the time of the veteran's death, was a United States citizen and a resident of the State of Hawaii. [L 2007, c 100, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 367-1 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|367. Status of Women|367-1 Findings and purpose.

  §367-1 Findings and purpose. The legislature finds that the work of the state commission on the status of women, established by the governor by executive order on May 15, 1964, demonstrates the need for a continuing body to aid in the implementation of its recommendations, to develop long-range goals, and to coordinate research planning, programming, and action on the opportunities, needs, problems, and contributions of women in Hawaii. It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for a statewide program, on a permanent and continuing basis, on the status of women in Hawaii. [L 1970, c 190, pt of §1; am L 2000, c 270, §2]