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HI Rev Stat § 53-38 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|53. Urban Renewal Law|53-38 Tax exemption.

 §53-38 Tax exemption. Where and so long as the major portion of a redevelopment project of a redevelopment corporation is composed of residential units and the rents for the residential units are reasonable as compared with prevailing rental levels for comparable accommodations, the land and improvements in the project shall be exempted (1) for ten years from the date of acquisition of such project by the redevelopment corporation, from real property taxes, other than assessments for local improvements in excess of the total real property taxes paid upon the land and improvements for the year prior to the commencement of proceedings by the agency for the acquisition of the lands and improvements; and (2) for the next succeeding fifteen-year period following such ten-year period, from real property taxes on fifty per cent of the assessed valuation of the property and improvements; provided that:  (A) Where the cost of acquisition of the land and improvements in the redevelopment project by the redevelopment corporation is at least ninety per cent of the cost of acquisition, clearing and improvement of the land and improvements by the redevelopment agency, the tax exemption granted under clause (1) of this section shall be for fifteen years from the date of acquisition of the project by the redevelopment corporation, with no further exemption thereafter, except that, if the net earnings from the project for the last five of the fifteen-year period, above expenses, taxes, assessments, and depreciation or amortization (as provided in section 53-27), available for payment of interest and dividends, shall be less than three per cent of the total actual final cost of the project (as defined by [paragraph] (2) of section 53-32), then the tax exemption granted under this proviso (A) shall be extended for an additional ten years; and  (B) No such tax exemption shall be allowed for any land and improvements which are used for commercial, industrial, or any other nonresidential purposes. [L 1949, c 379, §21; am L 1951, c 244, §9; am L 1955, c 271, §1(m); RL 1955, §143-37; am L 1959, c 44, §6; HRS §53-38]
HI Rev Stat § 53-39 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|53. Urban Renewal Law|53-39 No limitation of provisions by implication.

 §53-39 No limitation of provisions by implication. No provision in this part applicable specially or only to a redevelopment corporation shall be construed to limit by implication the applicability of this part or any other provision thereof to any other person or corporation. [L 1949, c 379, §23; RL 1955, §143-38; HRS §53-39]
HI Rev Stat § 53-51 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|53. Urban Renewal Law|53-51 Urban renewal projects.

  §53-51 Urban renewal projects. In addition to its authority under any other section of this chapter, a redevelopment agency may plan and undertake urban renewal projects within urban areas. As used in this chapter, an urban renewal project may include undertakings and activities for the elimination (and for the prevention of the development or spread) of slums, or other blighted, or deteriorated, or deteriorating areas and may involve any work or undertaking for the purpose constituting a redevelopment project or any rehabilitation or conservation work or a program of code enforcement, or any combination of such undertaking or work. For this purpose, "rehabilitation or conservation work" may include (1) carrying out plans for a program of voluntary or compulsory repair and rehabilitation of buildings or other improvements; (2) acquisition of real property and demolition, removal, or rehabilitation of buildings and improvements thereon where necessary to eliminate unhealthful, unsanitary, or unsafe conditions, lessen density, reduce traffic hazards, eliminate obsolete or other uses detrimental to the public welfare, or to otherwise remove or prevent the spread of blight or deterioration, or to provide land for needed public facilities; (3) installation, construction, or reconstruction of streets, utilities, parks, playgrounds, and other improvements necessary for carrying out the objectives of the urban renewal project; and (4) the disposition, for uses in accordance with the objectives of the urban renewal project of any property or part thereof acquired in the area of the project; provided that the disposition shall be in the manner prescribed in this chapter for the disposition of property in a redevelopment project area under part I. [L 1955, c 271, pt of §1; RL 1955, §143-51; am L 1965, c 101, §1(m); HRS §53-51]
HI Rev Stat § 53-52 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|53. Urban Renewal Law|53-52 Urban renewal plan.

 §53-52 Urban renewal plan. Any urban renewal project undertaken pursuant to section 53-51 shall be undertaken in accordance with an urban renewal plan for the area of the project. As used in this chapter, an "urban renewal plan" means a plan, as it exists from time to time, for an urban renewal project, which plan (1) shall conform to the master plan for the county as a whole; or if there is no master plan for the county as a whole, then to the master plan for the urban area as a whole of which the urban renewal project area constitutes a part; and (2) shall be sufficiently complete to indicate such land acquisition, demolition, and removal of structures, redevelopment, improvements, and rehabilitation as may be proposed to be carried out in the area of the urban renewal project, zoning and planning changes, if any, land uses, maximum densities, building requirements, and the plan's relationship to definite local objectives respecting appropriate land uses; improved traffic, public transportation, public utilities, recreational and community facilities, and other public improvements. An urban renewal plan shall be prepared and approved pursuant to the same procedure as provided in this chapter with respect to a redevelopment plan, except as specifically provided in this part. [L 1955, c 271, pt of §1; RL 1955, §143-52; HRS §53-52]
HI Rev Stat § 53-53 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|53. Urban Renewal Law|53-53 Powers with respect to urban renewal.

  §53-53 Powers with respect to urban renewal. A redevelopment agency shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to undertake and carry out all urban renewal plans and urban renewal projects, including the authority to acquire and dispose of property, to issue bonds and other obligations, to borrow and accept grants from the federal government or any other source, and to exercise the other powers which this chapter confers on an agency with respect to redevelopment projects. For the purposes of this part in connection with the planning and undertaking of any urban renewal plan or urban renewal project, the agency, the county, and all public and private officers, agencies, and bodies shall have all the rights, powers, privileges, and immunities which they have with respect to a redevelopment plan or redevelopment project, in the same manner as though all of the provisions of part I of this chapter applicable to a redevelopment plan or redevelopment project were therein expressly made applicable to an urban renewal plan or urban renewal project; and for such purposes as used in part I and in this part elsewhere than in this section, except where the context clearly indicates such meaning to be inappropriate or as otherwise expressly provided in this section:  (1) The word "redevelopment" (elsewhere than in section 53-1) means "urban renewal";  (2) The word "slum" and the word "blighted" (elsewhere than in section 53-1) mean "blighted, deteriorated, or deteriorating"; provided (A) that nothing in this part shall be deemed to change the meaning of the terms "local redevelopment agency" or "agency," or the corporate name of any local redevelopment agency; and (B) that the finding by the council that the project area is a blighted area prescribed by section 53-6 shall not be required.  In addition to the surveys and plans which an agency otherwise may make, an agency may make (1) plans for carrying out a program of voluntary repair and rehabilitation of buildings and improvements, and (2) plans for the enforcement of laws, codes, and regulations relating to the use of land and the use and occupancy of buildings and improvements, and to the compulsory repair, rehabilitation, demolition, or removal of buildings and improvements. The agency may develop, test, and report methods and techniques, and carry out demonstrations and other activities, for the prevention and the elimination of slums and other urban blight. [L 1955, c 271, pt of §1; RL 1955, §143-53; HRS §53-53; am L 1999, c 18, §2] Cross References  For definition of "agency, the county" in first paragraph, see §53-83(17).
HI Rev Stat § 53-54 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|53. Urban Renewal Law|53-54 Assistance to urban renewal by counties and other public bodies.

 §53-54 Assistance to urban renewal by counties and other public bodies. Any county or other public body may (without limiting any provision in section 53-53) do any and all things necessary to aid and cooperate in the planning and undertaking of an urban renewal project in the area in which the county or public body is authorized to act, including the furnishing of such financial and other assistance as the county or public body is authorized by this chapter to furnish for or in connection with a redevelopment plan or redevelopment project. A redevelopment agency may delegate to a county or other public body any of the powers or functions of the agency with respect to the planning or undertaking of an urban renewal project in the area in which the county or public body is authorized to act, and the county or public body may carry out or perform such powers or functions for the agency. Any public body may enter into agreements (which may extend over any period, notwithstanding any provision or rule of law to the contrary) with any other public body or bodies respecting action to be taken pursuant to any of the powers granted by this part, including the furnishing of funds or other assistance in connection with an urban renewal plan or urban renewal project. [L 1955, c 271, pt of §1; RL 1955, §143-54; HRS §53-54]
HI Rev Stat § 53-55 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|53. Urban Renewal Law|53-55 Urban redevelopment coordinator, office created.

 §53-55 Urban redevelopment coordinator, office created. In any county which shall, by resolution adopted in the manner required by law for an ordinance, announce its intention to devise and adopt a "workable program" for urban renewal, pursuant to this chapter, the county may by ordinance create the office of urban renewal coordinator. [L 1955, c 271, pt of §1; RL 1955, §143-55; HRS §53-55]
HI Rev Stat § 53-56 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|53. Urban Renewal Law|53-56 Workable program, definition.

 §53-56 Workable program, definition. "Workable program" means a program (including an official plan of action, as it exists from time to time for effectively dealing with the problem of urban slums and other blighted, deteriorated, or deteriorating areas within the community and for the establishment and preservation of a well-planned community with well-organized residential neighborhoods of decent homes and suitable living environment for adequate family life) for utilizing appropriate private and public resources to eliminate, and prevent the development or spread of, slums and other urban blight and deterioration, to encourage needed urban rehabilitation, to provide for the redevelopment of slum or other blighted, or deteriorated, or deteriorating areas or to undertake such of these activities or other feasible activities as may be suitably employed to achieve the objectives of the program. [L 1955, c 271, pt of §1; RL 1955, §143-56; HRS §53-56]
HI Rev Stat § 53-57 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|53. Urban Renewal Law|53-57 Coordinator, appointment, term, removal.

 §53-57 Coordinator, appointment, term, removal. The urban renewal coordinator, hereinafter called the "coordinator" shall be appointed by the mayor of the county, with the approval of the council for a term of four years, at a salary fixed by ordinance but not less than the lowest compensation paid any of the county cabinet officers provided for by the Honolulu Charter, in the case of the city and county of Honolulu, or by section 62-1, in the case of any other county. The office of coordinator shall not be subject to any law relating to civil service or classification. The coordinator shall be removed only for cause by the mayor of the county with the approval of the council, after a hearing at which the coordinator shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard. [L 1955, c 271, pt of §1; RL 1955, §143-57; HRS §53-57; gen ch 1985] Note  Section 62-1 referred to in text is repealed.
HI Rev Stat § 53-58 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|53. Urban Renewal Law|53-58 Coordinator, qualifications.

 §53-58 Coordinator, qualifications. In order to be qualified for appointment as coordinator, the appointee:  (1) Shall be a citizen of the State with at least three years' residence in the county of the appointee's appointment;  (2) Shall have at least five years of high level administrative experience;  (3) Shall have a minimum of five years, or have professional status, in a technical field related directly to urban renewal activities (such as experience in city planning; public administration, real estate brokerage, salesmanship, or management; housing research or surveys; the practice of law or engineering involving a very substantial experience in matters relating to land, and the like);  (4) Shall have a good working knowledge of local governmental programs relating to the improvement of housing and neighborhood conditions;  (5) Shall be a person of good reputation and proven ability in maintaining harmonious relations with people. [L 1955, c 271, pt of §1; RL 1955, §143-58; HRS §53-58; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 53-59 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|53. Urban Renewal Law|53-59 Coordinator, duties and powers.

 §53-59 Coordinator, duties and powers. The coordinator shall among other things:  (1) Prepare and submit to the council data and recommendations necessary or proper to enable the council to adopt a workable program best calculated to meet the requirements of this chapter and the needs of the county in relation to the workable program.  (2) Prepare and submit to the council from time to time additional data and recommendations for improving and rendering more effective and efficient the workable program and its operation.  (3) Consult with any department, board, commission, agency, entity, or officer of the State or any political subdivision thereof, or of the government of the United States, and with any other persons, firms, corporations, or private entities which might be affected by the workable program, or might contribute to the successful operation of the same, and make recommendations to the council and to them for coordinating their functions and operations to the extent feasible in order to integrate all related activities into a unified program best calculated to achieve the objectives of urban renewal as set forth in this chapter and in the laws of the United States relating to urban renewal.  (4) Perform such functions and activities as may be necessary or proper for coordinating the activities or carrying out the workable program as adopted or amended from time to time by the council, and perform such other related functions and activities as may be granted or authorized to be delegated to the coordinator by the council pursuant to this chapter.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the council may grant to the coordinator duties and powers concurrent with those of other county departments, boards, commissions, agencies, or officers, necessary or proper, in the judgment of the council, to enable the coordinator to achieve the most effective coordination of the activities in the operation of the workable program; but nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to impair or reduce the authority or jurisdiction of any existing department, board, commission, agency, or officer. [L 1955, c 271, pt of §1; RL 1955, §143-59; am L 1959, c 226, §2; am L 1961, c 112, §3; HRS §53-59; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 53-61 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|53. Urban Renewal Law|53-61 REPEALED.

 §53-61 REPEALED. L 1968, c 56, §4.
HI Rev Stat § 53-81 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|53. Urban Renewal Law|53-81 County may exercise urban renewal powers directly.

  §53-81 County may exercise urban renewal powers directly. As an alternative to either the creation under section 53-2 of an agency in a county or the continued existence of an agency theretofore created in the county under said section, a county, rather than through such agency, may directly exercise as provided in this part the powers conferred upon an agency by parts I and II of this chapter. In the event that an agency does not then exist in the county, the determination by a county to exercise such powers directly rather than through such an agency shall be made by ordinance of the council. In the event that an agency does then exist in the county, the charter of the county shall provide for the abolition of the agency and for the transfer of the powers, duties and functions of the agency to an officer or department of the county, and the agency shall stand abolished as provided in the charter. Upon such determination or abolition, as the case may be, the county shall then possess all powers granted to a county by this part. [L 1974, c 123, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 53-82 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|53. Urban Renewal Law|53-82 Abolition of existing agency.

  §53-82 Abolition of existing agency. In the event of the abolition of an agency in the county, the county upon such abolition shall succeed to all the powers, rights, duties, functions, funds, properties and obligations of the agency. However, as to any obligations of the agency existing at the time of the abolition, the county shall not incur any greater liability than that of the agency at the time of such abolition. The county shall not be liable for such obligations out of any funds or properties of the county other than those funds and properties which would have been required to be applied to the satisfaction of such obligations had such abolition not occurred.  If any of the obligations of the agency constitute bonds or other indebtedness of the agency, the county shall carry out and perform all promises, covenants, contracts and agreements of the agency contained in such bonds or other indebtedness or in the resolution, trust agreement, mortgage or other proceeding or instrument providing for the issuance, payment and security of such bonds or other indebtedness, and shall maintain such funds and accounts as are required for such purpose or as are required by such bonds, other indebtedness, resolution, trust agreement, mortgage, proceeding or instrument. The provisions of the last paragraph of section 53-85 shall be applicable to such bonds or other indebtedness. [L 1974, c 123, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 53-85 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|53. Urban Renewal Law|53-85 Projects to constitute "undertakings"; revenues to include certain federal moneys; imposition of rates and charges.

  §53-85 Projects to constitute "undertakings"; revenues to include certain federal moneys; imposition of rates and charges. In the event of the exercise by a county of the powers granted in this part, each redevelopment project of the county, two or more redevelopment projects of the county if administered as a single project, or all of the redevelopment projects of the county if administered as an entity, shall constitute an undertaking of the county. For all purposes of this part and of chapters 47 and 47C, the term "revenues" shall mean the moneys derived from the rates and charges imposed for the use and services of the undertaking or otherwise derived by the county from its ownership or operation of the undertaking, exclusive of taxes and payments made to the county for services separate and apart from this chapter but inclusive of amounts paid by the federal government for payment, or reimbursement of payment by the county, of costs of operation, maintenance and repair of an undertaking, for payment, or reimbursement of payment by the county, of principal of or interest on bonds issued for an undertaking, or for any other purpose connected with an undertaking.  Whenever and for so long as there shall be outstanding bonds issued by the county under section 53-16 as incorporated in this part or issued under said section by an agency of the county abolished as provided in this part, the county shall impose rates and charges for the use and services of the undertaking, from the revenues derived from which such bonds are payable or for which such bonds were issued, sufficient to pay the costs of operation, maintenance and repair of the undertaking and to pay the principal of and interest on such bonds. The county shall deposit such revenues in a special fund and apply the same to such payments in the amount necessary therefor. [L 1974, c 123, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 54-1 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|54. Water Systems|54-1 Improvement by assessment.

  §54-1 Improvement by assessment. Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, any county may construct water systems by use of the improvement by assessment method, provided that nothing herein shall be construed to prevent any county or board of water supply from constructing the improvements with its own funds. [L 1963, c 134, §1; Supp, §138-70; HRS §54-1]
HI Rev Stat § 54-11 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 6. County Organization and Administration|54. Water Systems|54-11 Definitions.

Cross References Loans and grants program, see chapter 340E.  §54-11 Definitions. As used in this chapter:  "Board" means the board of water supply of each county;  "Council" means the council of each county;  "County" means a county or city and county of the State;  "County attorney" means the legal advisor of a county;  "County auditor" means the auditor or finance officer of a county performing the audit function;  "County treasurer" means the county official maintaining its treasury;  "Mayor" means the executive officer of a county. [L 1961, c 155, pt of §1; Supp, §145A-1; HRS §54-11; am L 1987, c 283, §7]