reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
HI Rev Stat § 42F-103 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 5. State Financial Administration|42F. Grants|42F-103 Standards for the award of grants.

  §42F-103 Standards for the award of grants. (a) Grants shall be awarded only to individuals who, and organizations that:  (1) Are licensed or accredited, in accordance with federal, state, or county statutes, rules, or ordinances, to conduct the activities or provide the services for which a grant is awarded;  (2) Comply with all applicable federal and state laws prohibiting discrimination against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex, age, sexual orientation, or disability;  (3) Agree not to use state funds for entertainment or lobbying activities; and  (4) Allow the state agency to which funds for the grant were appropriated for expenditure, legislative committees and their staff, and the auditor full access to their records, reports, files, and other related documents and information for purposes of monitoring, measuring the effectiveness, and ensuring the proper expenditure of the grant.  (b) In addition, a grant may be made to an organization only if the organization:  (1) Is incorporated under the laws of the State; and  (2) Has bylaws or policies that describe the manner in which the activities or services for which a grant is awarded shall be conducted or provided.  (c) Further, a grant may be awarded to a nonprofit organization only if the organization:  (1) Has been determined and designated to be a nonprofit organization by the Internal Revenue Service; and  (2) Has a governing board whose members have no material conflict of interest and serve without compensation.  (d) If a grant is used by an organization for the acquisition of land, when the organization discontinues the activities or services on the land acquired for which the grant was awarded and disposes of the land in fee simple or by lease, the organization shall negotiate with the expending agency for a lump sum or installment repayment to the State of the amount of the grant used for the acquisition of the land. This restriction shall be registered, recorded, and indexed in the bureau of conveyances or with the assistant registrar of the land court as an encumbrance on the property. Amounts received from the repayment of a grant under this subsection shall be deposited into the general fund. [L 1997, c 190, pt of §3; am L 2007, c 184, §1; am L 2014, c 96, §7]
HI Rev Stat § 42F-104 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 5. State Financial Administration|42F. Grants|42F-104 Contracts for grants.

  §42F-104 Contracts for grants. An appropriation for a grant shall be disbursed by a contract between the state agency designated the expending agency for the appropriation by the legislature, and the recipient of the grant. The contract shall be effective as of the first day of the fiscal year for which the funds for the grant are appropriated; provided that up to one-fourth of the total amount appropriated may be disbursed prior to the execution of the contract. [L 1997, c 190, pt of §3; am L 2014, c 96, §8]
HI Rev Stat § 42F-105 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 5. State Financial Administration|42F. Grants|42F-105 Allotment.

  §42F-105 Allotment. Contracts to disburse and appropriations for grants shall be subject to the allotment system generally applicable to all appropriations made by the legislature. [L 1997, c 190, pt of §3; am L 2014, c 96, §9]
HI Rev Stat § 42F-106 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 5. State Financial Administration|42F. Grants|42F-106 Monitoring and evaluation.

  §42F-106 Monitoring and evaluation. Every grant shall be monitored by the expending agency to ensure compliance with this chapter and the public purpose and legislative intent of the grant. [L 1997, c 190, pt of §3; am L 2014, c 96, §10]
HI Rev Stat § 42F-107 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 5. State Financial Administration|42F. Grants|42F-107 Grants; release by the governor.

  §42F-107  Grants; release by the governor. If a grant awarded by the legislature pursuant to this chapter is not allocated or released by the governor within ninety days of the effective date of the legislation awarding the grant, the governor shall notify, in the manner prescribed in section 1-28.5, the recipient of the unreleased grant on the status of whether the grant is still pending or will not be released. The governor shall provide the notice once every quarterly allotment period (as the periods are defined in section 37-32), beginning on the ninety-first day after the effective date of the legislation awarding the grant and until a final determination is made on the status of the grant. [L 2005, c 195, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 46-1 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-1 Meeting place of council.

Cross References Emergency preparedness, see §125C-32.  Jurisdiction over real property taxation, see state constitution, article VIII, §3 and chapter 246A.  §46-1 Meeting place of council. All meetings, regular or special, of the council may be held at such places within the county other than the county seat as the council shall designate. [L 1963, c 19, §1; Supp, §138-50; HRS §46-1] Cross References  Emergency seat of government, see § §130-3, 130-4.
HI Rev Stat § 46-1.6 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-1.6 REPEALED. L 1996, c 13, §17.

 §46-1.6 REPEALED. L 1996, c 13, §17.
HI Rev Stat § 46-1.7 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-1.7 Retention of emergency 911 recordings.

 §46-1.7 Retention of emergency 911 recordings. Each county public safety answering point shall retain recordings of all emergency 911 telephone calls and radio dispatches for a period of not less than one year. [L 2005, c 192, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 46-1.8 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-1.8 Reciprocal supplying of tax information.

  §46-1.8 Reciprocal supplying of tax information. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a tax official of any county of the State may disclose any records relating to the administration of real property taxes to any duly accredited tax official of the State for tax purposes. [L Sp 2005, c 9, §2] Revision Note  Section was enacted as an addition to chapter 246A but is renumbered to this chapter pursuant to §23G-15.
HI Rev Stat § 46-1.52 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-1.52 Authority to enter private property; pests or invasive species.

  §46-1.52 Authority to enter private property; pests or invasive species. Each county of this State, through its employees or authorized agents, may enter private property within the respective county to control or eradicate pests and invasive species pursuant to sections 141-3.6 and 194-5. [L 2017, c 182, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 46-1.55 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-1.55 Indigenous Hawaiian architecture.

  §46-1.55 Indigenous Hawaiian architecture. (a) Each county shall adopt ordinances allowing the exercise of indigenous native Hawaiian architectural practices, styles, customs, techniques, and materials historically employed by native Hawaiians, in the county's building code, including but not limited to residential and other structures comprised of either rock wall or wood frame walls covered by thatches of different native grasses or other natural material for roofs.  (b) The application of indigenous Hawaiian architecture shall be permitted in all zoning districts; provided it is consistent with the intent and purpose of the uniquely designated, special, or historic district.  (c) Each county shall adopt or amend its ordinances to implement this section no later than March 31, 2008. The ordinance adopted by Maui county shall serve as a model. [L 2006, c 310, §2; am L 2007, c 222, §7]
HI Rev Stat § 46-2 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-2 Publication or advertising of ordinances, amendments, resolutions, and bills.

 §46-2 Publication or advertising of ordinances, amendments, resolutions, and bills. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, whenever any law requires the publication or advertisement of ordinances, amendments, resolutions, or bills, the publication or advertisement shall be in a newspaper of general circulation within the county concerned, and need not be in a daily newspaper. [L 1963, c 71, §1; Supp, §138-51; HRS §46-2] Case Notes  Voluntary county decision to place advertising in papers other than plaintiff's during strike, not enjoinable. 272 F. Supp. 175.
HI Rev Stat § 46-2.1 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-2.1 Comprehensive ordinance codes.

  §46-2.1 Comprehensive ordinance codes. All ordinances which have been duly enacted and not repealed by counties having a population in excess of 100,000 persons shall be compiled, consolidated, revised, indexed and arranged as a comprehensive ordinance code which shall be published within one year after June 5, 1970 and at least once every ten years thereafter. [L 1970, c 46, §1] Revision Note  "June 5, 1970" substituted for "the passage of this Act".
HI Rev Stat § 46-2.2 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-2.2 Publication of supplements.

 §46-2.2 Publication of supplements. Comprehensive ordinance codes published pursuant to section 46-2.1 shall be updated at least once a year by either of the following methods:  (1) By the publication of a cumulative pocket part supplement which shall be appropriately indexed and shall contain all ordinances enacted subsequent to the publication of the preceding comprehensive ordinance code; or  (2) By a supplement or supplements in looseleaf form, the pages of which are intended to replace existing pages or to be added thereto in appropriate positions within the comprehensive ordinance code. In the event the supplements are in looseleaf form, such supplements shall contain all ordinances enacted subsequent to the last preceding looseleaf supplement and shall also include appropriate amendment pages to the index contained in the comprehensive ordinance code. [L 1970, c 46, §2; am L 1990, c 60, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 46-3 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-3 REPEALED.

  §46-3 REPEALED. L 1991, c 4, §2. Cross References  For present provisions, see chapter 802.
HI Rev Stat § 46-3.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-3.5 REPEALED. L 2009, c 4, §4.

  §46-3.5 REPEALED. L 2009, c 4, §4.
HI Rev Stat § 46-4.1 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-4.1 REPEALED.

 §46-4.1 REPEALED. L 1983, c 133, §2.
HI Rev Stat § 46-4.2 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-4.2 Nonsignificant zoning changes.

  §46-4.2 Nonsignificant zoning changes. Each county may provide by ordinance that nonsignificant changes to zoning boundaries may be made administratively by the designated county agency with responsibility over zoning matters, provided that "nonsignificant changes" shall mean a zoning change which does not result in an increase or decrease in any zoning designation affecting more than five per cent or one acre of any parcel of property, whichever is less, and which is in compliance with the general plan and development plan designation for the property. [L 1977, c 74, §3]
HI Rev Stat § 46-4.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-4.5 Ordinances establishing historical, cultural, and scenic districts.

  §46-4.5 Ordinances establishing historical, cultural, and scenic districts. No ordinance to establish a historical, cultural, and scenic district around the environs of the Hawaii state capitol shall be valid unless the requirements and objectives in creating such a district and the criteria and procedure to determine whether a proposed improvement would in fact accomplish such objectives and requirements are first approved by the governor of the State; provided further that the State need not conform to any decision relating to any state property within such district if it determines that such decision is not in conformance to the criteria and procedures previously approved or that such decision cannot be accomplished because of funding limitations.  No requirement under any existing ordinance relating to the construction, alteration, repair, relocation or demolition of any structure within any historical, cultural, and scenic district of which the Hawaii state capitol is a part shall be effective as to any state property until the objectives and requirements and the criteria and procedures required by this section have been approved by the governor of the State. [L 1973, c 215, § §1, 2]
HI Rev Stat § 46-5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-5 Planning and traffic commissions; creation.

 §46-5 Planning and traffic commissions; creation. The legislative body of any county with a population of less than 100,000 persons shall, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers, and except as otherwise provided, have the following specific powers in addition to any other specific powers provided by law:  (1) County planning commission. To create a county planning commission (A) to formulate a master plan providing for the future growth, development, and beautification of the county in its public and private buildings, streets, roads, grounds, and vacant lots; (B) to formulate subdivision and zoning regulations; and (C) to recommend the establishment of building zones.  (2) County traffic commission. To create a county traffic commission to advise the legislative body in the regulation of traffic. [L 1963, c 58, §1; Supp, §138-62; HRS §46-5]
HI Rev Stat § 46-6.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-6.5 Public access.

  §46-6.5 Public access. (a) Each county shall adopt ordinances which shall require a subdivider or developer, as a condition precedent to final approval of a subdivision, in cases where public access is not already provided, to dedicate land for public access by right-of-way or easement for pedestrian travel from a public highway or public streets to the land below the high-water mark on any coastal shoreline, and to dedicate land for public access by right of way from a public highway to areas in the mountains where there are existing facilities for hiking, hunting, fruit-picking, ti-leaf sliding, and other recreational purposes, and where there are existing mountain trails.  (b) These ordinances shall be adopted within one year of May 22, 1973.  (c) Upon the dedication of land for a right-of-way, as required by this section and acceptance by the county, the county concerned shall thereafter assume the cost of improvements for and the maintenance of the right-of-way, and the subdivider shall accordingly be relieved from such costs.  (d) For the purposes of this section, "subdivision" means any land which is divided or is proposed to be divided for the purpose of disposition into six or more lots, parcels, units, or interests and also includes any land whether contiguous or not, if six or more lots are offered as part of a common promotional plan of advertising and sale.  (e) The right-of-way shall be clearly designated on the final map of the subdivision or development.  (f) This section shall apply to the plan of any subdivision or development which has not been approved by the respective counties prior to July 1, 1973. [L 1973, c 143, §2] Revision Note  "May 22, 1973" substituted for "the effective date of this Act". Law Journals and Reviews  Beach Access: A Public Right? 23 HBJ 65.  "If a Policeman Must Know the Constitution, Then Why Not a Planner?" A Constitutional Challenge of the Hawai`i Public Access Statute. 23 UH L. Rev. 409.
HI Rev Stat § 46-7 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-7 Agreements with federal government; use of funds.

 §46-7 Agreements with federal government; use of funds. The governing body or the planning commission or department of the various counties, with the consent of the council, may enter into agreements (which may extend over any period, notwithstanding any provision or rule of law to the contrary) with the federal government or any other public body or bodies respecting action to be taken pursuant to any of the powers granted to it by law and furnish, expend, and receive any funds or other assistance in connection with projects being or to be undertaken pursuant to the powers. [L 1957, c 139, §1; Supp, §138-11.5; HRS §46-7]
HI Rev Stat § 46-8 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-8 State and county co-sponsorship of programs.

 §46-8 State and county co-sponsorship of programs. The governor may enter into agreements with the council of any county providing for the co-sponsorship and joint development and maintenance of programs and projects, within and for the county, which have been authorized by the legislature or for which moneys have been appropriated by the legislature. [L 1965, c 158, §1; Supp, §138-63; HRS §46-8]
HI Rev Stat § 46-9 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-9 Expenditures of money for sister-city relationships.

 §46-9 Expenditures of money for sister-city relationships. Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, any county, including the city and county of Honolulu, may make expenditures of public funds, whenever the funds are available, in order to further the ties of friendship, understanding, and goodwill existing under sister-city relationships entered into by resolution duly adopted by the respective legislative bodies of each county, including the city and county of Honolulu. [L 1963, c 86, §1; Supp, §138-52; HRS §46-9]
HI Rev Stat § 46-10 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-10 County bands; travel.

 §46-10 County bands; travel. The county council or city council of any county having a county band may authorize its band to travel to any other county or abroad for the purpose of creating goodwill. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, county bands are authorized to receive donations from private persons or entities for travel expenses, or to have said expenses underwritten by private persons or entities, or the band itself may raise funds by engaging in fund-raising activities, provided that such fund-raising activities shall be done after regular working hours, and provided further that admission fees may be charged wherever or whenever the band is performing. [L 1959, c 188, §1; Supp, §138-41; HRS §46-10; am L 1971, c 167, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 46-11 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-11 Federal flood insurance.

 §46-11 Federal flood insurance. The Hawaii tourism authority in regard to the convention center district and the mayor or executive officer and the council of the various counties, in regard to the respective counties, may participate and apply on behalf of their respective district and counties for flood insurance coverage pursuant to any applicable provisions of Public Law 1016, Eighty-fourth Congress, Second Session, (70 Stat. 1078). The Hawaii tourism authority, in regard to the convention center district, and the mayor or executive officer and the council of the various counties, in regard to the respective counties, shall be vested with the functions, powers, and duties which are necessary to enable their respective district and counties to qualify, participate, and apply for the flood insurance coverage. [L 1957, c 178, §3; Supp, §138-43; HRS §46-11; am L Sp 1993, c 7, §3; am L 2003, c 3, §1]
HI Rev Stat § 46-11.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-11.5 Maintenance of channels, streambeds, streambanks, and drainageways.

  §46-11.5 Maintenance of channels, streambeds, streambanks, and drainageways. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, each county shall provide for the maintenance of channels, streambeds, streambanks, and drainageways, whether natural or artificial, including their exits to the ocean, in suitable condition to carry off storm waters; and for the removal from the channels, streambeds, streambanks, and drainageways and from the shores and beaches any debris which is likely to create an unsanitary condition or otherwise become a public nuisance; provided that to the extent any of the foregoing work is a private responsibility the responsibility may be enforced by the county in lieu of the work being done at county expense, and any private entity or person refusing to comply with any final order issued by the county shall be in violation of this chapter and be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $500 for each day the violation continues; provided further that it shall be the responsibility of the county to maintain all channels, streambeds, streambanks, and drainageways unless such channels, streambeds, streambanks, and drainageways are privately owned or owned by the State, in which event such channels, streambeds, streambanks, and drainageways shall be maintained by their respective owners. [L 1986, c 121, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 46-12 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-12 Cleaning shores and beaches of seaweed, limu, and debris.

 §46-12 Cleaning shores and beaches of seaweed, limu, and debris. The various counties shall be responsible for removing and clearing all seaweed, limu, and debris which are likely to create an unsanitary condition or to otherwise become a public nuisance from the shores and beaches situated within the respective counties; provided that to the extent any of the foregoing work is a private responsibility, the responsibility may be enforced by the county in lieu of the work being done at public expense. [L 1965, c 191, §1; Supp, §138-55; HRS §46-12] Case Notes  County has sole responsibility for shores and beaches likely to be used with some frequency by members of the public. 66 H. 55, 656 P.2d 1336.
HI Rev Stat § 46-12.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-12.5 State beach park lifeguard services.

  §46-12.5 State beach park lifeguard services. Each county may provide lifeguard services for any state beach park where the number of swimmers using the beach may warrant a lifeguard, or where water hazards at the beach present a threat to public safety; provided that the county and the department of land and natural resources shall first mutually agree that those services are necessary for the particular beach. [L 1990, c 182, §1] Cross References  Conclusive presumptions relating to duty of public entities to warn of dangers at public beach parks, see §663-1.56.  Exception to liability for county lifeguard services see §663-1.52.
HI Rev Stat § 46-13 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|46. General Provisions|46-13 Each county to determine its own number of fire stations.

 §46-13 Each county to determine its own number of fire stations. Any other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the council of each county, may determine the number of fire stations it will establish and maintain within its respective county. [L 1962, c 2, §2; Supp, §138-46; HRS §46-13]