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HI Rev Stat § 356D-15 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-15 Eminent domain, exchange, or use of public property.

 §356D-15 Eminent domain, exchange, or use of public property. (a) The authority may acquire any real property, including fixtures and improvements, or interest therein, through:  (1) Voluntary negotiation;  (2) Exchange of land in accordance with section 171-50, provided that the public land to be exchanged need not be of like use to that of the private land; or  (3) By the exercise of the power of eminent domain which it deems necessary by the adoption of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the property described therein is in the public interest and required for public use. The authority shall exercise the power of eminent domain granted by this section in the same manner and procedure as is provided by chapter 101, and otherwise in accordance with all applicable provisions of the general laws of the State; provided that condemnation of parcels greater than fifteen acres shall be subject to legislative disapproval expressed in a concurrent resolution adopted by majority vote of the senate and the house of representatives in the first regular or special session following the date of condemnation.  (b) The authority may acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain property already devoted to a public use; provided that no property belonging to any government may be acquired without its consent, and that no property belonging to a public utility may be acquired without the approval of the public utilities commission; and provided further that the acquisition is subject to legislative disapproval expressed in a concurrent resolution adopted by majority vote of the senate and the house of representatives in the first regular or special session following the date of condemnation. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-17 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-17 Public works contracts.

 §356D-17 Public works contracts. The authority may make, execute, and carry out contracts for, or in connection with, any public housing project in the manner provided in chapter 103D and section 103-53; and, with regard to the contracts, the term "procurement officer", as used in chapter 103D, shall mean the authority or officer authorized by the authority to act as its contracting officer. Unless made and executed in the name of the State, each contract made and executed as authorized in this section shall state therein that it is so made and executed. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-18 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-18 Remedies of an obligee; mandamus; injunction; possessory action; receiver; accounting; etc.

 §356D-18 Remedies of an obligee; mandamus; injunction; possessory action; receiver; accounting; etc. An obligee of the authority shall have the right, in addition to all other rights that may be conferred on the obligee subject only to any contractual restrictions binding upon the obligee, and subject to the prior and superior rights of others:  (1) By mandamus, suit, action, or proceeding in law or equity to compel the authority, and the members of the board, officers, agents, or employees thereof to perform each and every item, provision, and covenant contained in any contract of the authority, and to require the carrying out of any or all covenants and agreements of the authority and the fulfillment of all duties imposed upon the authority by this chapter;  (2) By suit, action, or proceeding in equity to enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful, or the violation of any of the rights of the obligee of the authority;  (3) By suit, action, or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction to cause possession of any public housing project or any part thereof to be surrendered to any obligee having the right to possession pursuant to any contract of the authority;  (4) By suit, action, or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction, upon the happening of an event of default (as defined in a contract of the authority), to obtain the appointment of a receiver for any public housing project of the authority or any part or parts thereof. If a receiver is appointed, the receiver may enter and take possession of the public housing project or any part or parts thereof, operate and maintain the project, and collect and receive all fees, rents, revenues, or other charges thereafter arising therefrom in the same manner as the authority itself might do and shall keep the moneys in a separate account or accounts and apply the moneys in accordance with the obligations of the authority as the court shall direct; and  (5) By suit, action, or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction to require the authority and the members of the board thereof to account as if it and they were the trustees of an express trust. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-19 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-19 Subordination of mortgage to agreement with government.

 §356D-19 Subordination of mortgage to agreement with government. The authority may agree in any mortgage made by it that the mortgage shall be subordinate to a contract for the supervision by a government agency of the operation and maintenance of the mortgaged property and the construction of improvements thereon. In that event, any purchaser or purchasers at a sale of the property of the authority pursuant to a foreclosure of the mortgage or any other remedy in connection therewith shall obtain title subject to the contract. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-20 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-20 Duty to make reports.

 §356D-20 Duty to make reports. Except as otherwise provided by law, the authority shall be responsible for the following reports:  (1) The authority shall file at least once a year with the governor a report of its activities for the preceding fiscal year;  (2) The authority shall report to the comptroller on moneys deposited in depositories other than the state treasury under section 40-81, and rules adopted thereunder; and  (3) The authority shall submit an annual report to the legislature on all program areas no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session, that shall provide the following information on the status of its programs and finances:  (A) A financial audit and report conducted on an annual basis by a certified public accounting firm; and  (B) Recommendations with reference to any additional legislation or other action that may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-21 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-21 Bonds; authorization.

 §356D-21 Bonds; authorization. (a) The authority, with the approval of the governor, may issue from time to time bonds (including refunding bonds to pay, retire, or provide for the retirement of bonds previously issued by the authority) in amounts not exceeding the total amount of bonds authorized to be issued by the legislature for any of its corporate purposes.  (b) All bonds shall be issued pursuant to part III of chapter 39, except as provided in this part.  (c) The bonds shall be issued in the name of the authority, and not in the name of the State. The final maturity date of the revenue bonds may be any date not exceeding sixty years from the date of issuance.  (d) The authority may issue bonds as it may determine, including without limitation bonds payable from and secured, in whole or in part, by:  (1) Income and revenues derived from the public housing project or projects financed from the proceeds of bonds;  (2) Receipts derived from any grant from the federal government made in aid of a public housing project or projects financed from the proceeds of bonds;  (3) Income and revenues derived from a particular designated public housing project or projects whether or not financed, in whole or in part, from the proceeds of bonds;  (4) Income and revenues of the authority generally; or  (5) Any combination of paragraphs (1) through (4).  (e) Any pledge made by the authority shall create a perfected security interest in the revenues, moneys, or property so pledged and thereafter received by the authority from and after the time that a financing statement with respect to the revenues, moneys, or property so pledged and thereafter received shall be filed with the bureau of conveyances. Upon the filing, the revenues, moneys, or property so pledged and thereafter received by the authority shall immediately be subject to the lien of the pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of the pledge shall be prior to the lien of all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the authority, irrespective of whether the parties have notice thereof. This section shall apply to any financing statement heretofore or hereafter filed with the bureau of conveyances with respect to any pledge made to secure revenue bonds issued under this part.  (f) Any public housing project or projects authorized by, and undertaken pursuant to, this chapter shall constitute an "undertaking" within the meaning of that term as defined and used in part III, chapter 39. The authority shall constitute a "department" and the board shall constitute a "governing body" within the meaning of those terms as defined and used in part III, chapter 39.  (g) Neither the members of the board nor any person executing the bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-22 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-22 Bonds; interest rate, price, and sale.

 §356D-22 Bonds; interest rate, price, and sale. (a) The bonds shall bear interest at rates payable at times that the authority, with the approval of the governor, may determine except for deeply discounted bonds that are subject to redemption or retirement at their accreted value; provided that the discounted value of the bonds shall not exceed ten per cent of any issue; and provided further that no bonds may be issued without the approval of the director of finance and the governor. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the authority may, subject to the approval of the director of finance and the governor, issue bonds pursuant to section 356D-21, in which the discounted value of the bonds exceeds ten per cent of the issue.  (b) The authority may include the costs of undertaking and maintaining any public housing project or projects for which the bonds are issued in determining the principal amount of bonds to be issued. In determining the cost of undertaking and maintaining the public housing project, the authority may include the cost of studies and surveys; insurance premiums; underwriting fees; financial consultant, legal, accounting, and other services incurred; reserve account, trustee, custodian, and rating agency fees; and interest on the bonds for a period determined by the authority. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-23 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-23 Trustee; designation, duties.

 §356D-23 Trustee; designation, duties. (a) The authority may designate a trustee for each issue of bonds secured under the same trust indenture; provided that the trustee shall be approved by the director of finance.  (b) The trustee shall be authorized by the authority to receive and receipt for, hold, and administer the proceeds of the bonds, and to apply the proceeds to the purposes for which the bonds are issued.  (c) The trustee shall also be authorized by the authority to receive and receipt for, hold, and administer the revenues derived by the authority from any public housing project or projects for which the bonds are issued or the projects pledged to the payment of the bonds, and to apply the revenues to the payment of the cost of administering, operating, and maintaining the public housing project or projects, to pay the principal of and the interest on the bonds, to the establishment of reserves, and to other purposes as may be authorized in the proceedings providing for the issuance of the bonds.  (d) Notwithstanding section 39-68, the director of finance may appoint the trustee to serve as fiscal agent for:  (1) The payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds; and  (2) The purchase, registration, transfer, exchange, and redemption of the bonds.  (e) The trustee shall perform additional functions with respect to the payment, purchase, registration, transfer, exchange, and redemption, as the director of finance may deem necessary, advisable, or expeditious, including the holding of the bonds and coupons, if any, that have been paid and the supervision of their destruction in accordance with law.  (f) Nothing in this part shall limit or be construed to limit the powers granted to the director of finance in sections 36-3, 39-13, and 39-68(a), to appoint the trustee or others as fiscal agents, paying agents, and registrars for the bonds or to authorize and empower those fiscal agents, paying agents, and registrars to perform the functions referred to in those sections. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2; am L 2016, c 42, §10]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-24 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-24 Trust indenture.

 §356D-24 Trust indenture. (a) A trust indenture may contain covenants and provisions authorized by part III of chapter 39, and as deemed necessary or convenient by the authority for the purposes of this part.  (b) A trust indenture may allow the authority to pledge and assign to the trustee agreements related to the public housing project or projects and the rights of the authority thereunder, including the right to receive revenues thereunder and to enforce the provision thereof.  (c) Where a trust indenture provides that any bond issued under that trust indenture is not valid or obligatory for any purpose unless certified or authenticated by the trustee, all signatures of the officers of the State upon the bonds required by section 39-56 may be facsimiles of their signatures.  (d) A trust indenture shall also contain provisions as to:  (1) The investment of the proceeds of the bonds, the investment of any reserve for the bonds, the investment of the revenues of the public housing project or system of public housing projects, and the use and application of the earnings from investments; and  (2) The terms and conditions upon which the holders of the bonds or any portion of them or any trustee thereof may institute proceedings for the enforcement of any agreement or any note or other undertaking, obligation, or property securing the payment of the bonds and the use and application of the moneys derived therefrom.  (e) A trust indenture may also contain provisions deemed necessary or desirable by the authority to obtain or permit, by grant, interest subsidy, or otherwise, the participation of the federal government in the public housing projects or in the financing of the costs of administering, operating, or maintaining the public housing projects. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-25 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-25 Investment of reserves, etc.

 §356D-25 Investment of reserves, etc. The authority may invest any funds held in reserves or sinking funds or any funds not required for immediate disbursement, including the proceeds of bonds, in property or securities in which the director of finance may legally invest, as provided in section 36-21; provided that funds held outside the state treasury may be invested for terms not to exceed thirty-five years. No provisions with respect to the acquisition, operation, or disposition of property by other government agencies shall be applicable to the authority unless the legislature shall specifically so state. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-26 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-26 Security for funds deposited by the authority.

 §356D-26 Security for funds deposited by the authority. The authority, by resolution, may provide that all moneys deposited by it shall be secured:  (1) By any securities by which funds deposited by the director of finance may be legally secured as provided in section 38-3; or  (2) By an undertaking with sureties as are approved by the authority faithfully to keep and pay over upon the order of the authority any deposits and agreed interest thereon, and all banks and trust companies are authorized to give any such security for those deposits. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-27 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-27 Arbitrage provisions; interest rate.

 §356D-27 Arbitrage provisions; interest rate. (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, neither the authority nor the director of finance shall make loans or purchase mortgages with the proceeds of general obligation bonds of the State or from a revolving fund established or maintained from the proceeds of bonds, at a rate of interest or upon terms and conditions that would cause any general obligation bond of the State or any bond to be an "arbitrage bond" within the meaning of that term as defined in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations of the Internal Revenue Service adopted pursuant thereto.  (b) The rate of interest on loans made under this chapter from the proceeds of general obligation bonds of the State shall be established by the authority, with the approval of the director of finance, after each sale of general obligation bonds of the State, the proceeds of which are to be used for the purposes of making loans or purchasing mortgages under this chapter. If no sale of general obligation bonds of the State intervenes in a twelve-month period after the last rate fixing, the authority may review the then existing rates on loans or mortgages made under this chapter from the proceeds of general obligation bonds of the State and retain the existing rate or, with the approval of the director of finance, establish different rates.  (c) The director of finance shall approve those rates so as to produce up to, but not in excess of, the maximum yield to the State or the authority permitted under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations of the Internal Revenue Service adopted pursuant thereto, on the assumption that the general obligation bonds of the State, the proceeds of which have been or are to be used for the purposes of making loans or purchasing mortgages under this chapter, would otherwise be "arbitrage bonds" under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations of the Internal Revenue Service adopted pursuant thereto, were the maximum yield to be exceeded. The establishment of the rates of interest shall be exempt from chapter 91. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-28 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-28 Public housing special fund.

 §356D-28 Public housing special fund.  (a) There is established the public housing special fund to be administered by the authority. Notwithstanding section 36-21, the proceeds in the fund shall be used for long-term and other special financings of the authority and for necessary expenses in administering this chapter.  (b) All moneys received and collected by the authority, not otherwise pledged, obligated, or required by law to be placed in any other special fund, shall be deposited into the public housing special fund. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2; am L 2016, c 42, §11; am L Sp 2021, c 9, §76]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-29 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-29 Quitclaim deeds.

 §356D-29 Quitclaim deeds. Unless otherwise provided by law, the authority shall issue quitclaim deeds and leases whenever it conveys, transfers, sells, or assigns any property developed, constructed, or sponsored under this chapter. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-31 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-31 Rentals and tenant selection.

 §356D-31 Rentals and tenant selection. (a) In the operation or management of federal public housing projects, the authority (acting directly or by an agent or agents) at all times shall observe the following duties with respect to rentals and tenant selection:  (1) It may establish maximum limits of annual net income for tenant selection in any public housing project, less such exemptions as may be authorized by federal regulations pertaining to public housing. The authority may agree to conditions as to tenant eligibility or preference required by the federal government pursuant to federal law in any contract for financial assistance with the authority; provided that not less than fifty per cent of available units shall be for applicants without preference and up to fifty per cent of available units shall be for applicants with preference;  (2) It may rent or lease the dwelling units therein only at rentals within the financial reach of persons who lack the amount of income that it determines to be necessary to obtain safe, sanitary, and uncongested dwelling accommodations within the area of operation of the authority and to provide an adequate standard of living; and  (3) It may rent or lease to a tenant a dwelling consisting of the number of rooms (but no greater number) that it deems necessary to provide safe and sanitary accommodations to the proposed occupants thereof, without overcrowding.  (b) Nothing in this part shall be construed as limiting the power of the authority to:  (1) Vest in an obligee the right, in the event of a default by the authority, to take possession of a public housing project or cause the appointment of a receiver thereof, free from all the restrictions imposed by this part with respect to rentals, tenant selection, manner of operation, or otherwise; or  (2) Vest in obligees the right, in the event of a default by the authority, to acquire title to a public housing project or the property mortgaged by the authority, free from all the restrictions imposed by this part. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2; am L 2013, c 148, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 356D-32 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 20. Social Services|356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority|356D-32 Delinquent accounts.

 §356D-32 Delinquent accounts. (a) Notwithstanding section 40-82, the authority, with the approval of the attorney general, may delete from its accounts receivable records delinquent accounts for vacated units within federal low-income public housing projects that have been delinquent for at least ninety days.  (b) The delinquent accounts may be assigned to a collection agency.  (c) When the authority seeks eviction of a tenant due to delinquency in payment of rent, the authority shall comply with the procedures set forth in section 356D-92(b) before proceeding with the eviction hearing. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]