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2023 Hawaii Revised Statutes › Title 20. Social Services › 356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority › 356D-63 Hearings.

§356D-63 Hearings.
(a) When the authority proposes to terminate a lease, rental agreement, permit, or license and evict a tenant under section 356D-62, a hearing shall be held to determine whether cause exists for the action. The authority shall give written notice to the tenant specifying the reason for the eviction and the date, time, and place of the hearing. The written notice shall further inform the tenant of the right to inspect and copy the tenant's file at the tenant's expense before the hearing is held. The written notice shall be given at least five days before the date of the hearing. At the hearing, before final action is taken, the tenant shall be entitled to be heard in person or through counsel, and granted a full and fair hearing in accordance with the requirements of a contested case hearing under sections 91-9 and 91-10 to 91-13. This full and fair hearing shall be deemed to be a contested case hearing before the authority pursuant to chapter 91.
(b) Hearings shall be conducted by an eviction board appointed by the authority. The eviction board shall consist of no fewer than two persons, and no more than three persons, of which one member shall be a tenant. If feasible, the eviction board may conduct hearings using video conferencing technology; provided that these hearings shall be conducted pursuant to chapter 91. The findings, conclusions, decision, and order of the eviction board shall be final unless an appeal is taken pursuant to section 91-14.
(c) The eviction board shall have the same powers with respect to administering oaths, compelling the attendance of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence, and examining witnesses, as those of the circuit courts. In case of a violation by any person of any order of the eviction board, or of any subpoena issued by the eviction board, or the refusal of any witness to testify to any matter regarding which the witness may lawfully be questioned, a circuit court judge, upon application by the eviction board, may compel compliance with the order or subpoena, or compel testimony. [L 2018, c 204, pt of §1]
2023 Hawaii Revised Statutes › Title 20. Social Services › 356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority › 356D-64 Eviction.

§356D-64 Eviction.
(a) If the eviction board finds cause to terminate a lease, rental agreement, permit, or license and evict the tenant, the authority shall provide the tenant with a written notice of the authority's decision to terminate the tenancy. The written notice shall inform the tenant that a writ of possession may be issued by the authority within ten business days. The written notice shall also inform the tenant whether the grounds for eviction are curable and, if so, specify the methods to remedy the grounds, timeframe for completion, and documentation required to prove to the authority that the grounds have been remedied.
(b) When the grounds for termination of the tenancy may be cured by the tenant, the tenant shall have ten business days from receipt of the written notice under subsection (a) to cure the grounds. If the grounds are cured within the ten-day period, no writ of possession shall be issued. If the grounds are not cured within the ten-day period, the authority may issue a writ of possession.
(c) The authority may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to define curable and noncurable grounds for eviction. The authority may consider a tenant's history in determining noncurable grounds for eviction. A tenant's history may include chronic or consistent delinquency, or repeated violations of the terms of the lease, rental agreement, permit, or license.
(d) Enforcement of the order by a writ of possession shall be effected either by a process server appointed by the authority, who shall have all of the powers of a police officer for all actions in connection with the enforcement of the order, or by a sheriff or any other law enforcement officer of the State or any county, whose duty it shall be to carry out the order. The person enforcing the order shall remove all persons from the premises and put the authority in full possession thereof.
(e) Upon eviction, the household goods and personal effects of the tenant against whom the order is entered, and those of any persons using the premises incident to the tenant's holding, may be removed from the premises and stored by the authority. If the action is taken, the authority shall have a lien on the property taken for the expenses incurred by the authority in moving and storing the property, and the authority is authorized to sell or otherwise dispose of the property if unclaimed after thirty days. [L 2018, c 204, pt of §1]
2023 Hawaii Revised Statutes › Title 20. Social Services › 356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority › 356D-65 Ex parte motion.

§356D-65 Ex parte motion.
If a tenant cannot be served with an order of eviction or writ of possession, and the authority receives an affidavit or declaration stating this fact, service on the tenant may be made in accordance with a special order of the authority. The order shall require the process server to affix a certified copy of the order of eviction or writ of possession in a conspicuous place upon the premises, such as the door or wall of the dwelling unit. [L 2018, c 204, pt of §1]
2023 Hawaii Revised Statutes › Title 20. Social Services › 356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority › 356D-67 Appeals.

§356D-67 Appeals.
An aggrieved party may secure a review of any final judgement of the circuit court under this subpart by appeal to the appellate courts, subject to chapter 602. The appeal shall be taken in the manner provided in the rules of court. [L 2018, c 204, pt of §1]
2023 Hawaii Revised Statutes › Title 20. Social Services › 356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority › 356D-71 Resident selection; dwelling units; rentals.

§356D-71 Resident selection; dwelling units; rentals.
In the administration of elder or elderly housing, the authority shall observe the following with regard to resident selection, dwelling units, and rentals:
(1) Except as provided in this section, the authority shall accept elder or elderly households as residents in the housing projects;
(2) It may accept as residents in any dwelling unit one or more persons, related or unrelated by blood or marriage. It may also accept as a resident in any dwelling unit or in any housing project, in the case of illness or other disability of an elder who is a resident in the dwelling unit or in the housing project, a person designated by the elder as the elder's live-in aide whose qualifications as a live-in aide are verified by the authority, although the person is not an elder; provided that the person shall cease to be a resident therein upon the recovery of, or removal from the housing project of, the elder;
(3) It may rent or lease to an elder a dwelling unit consisting of any number of rooms as the authority deems necessary or advisable to provide safe and sanitary accommodations to the proposed resident or residents without overcrowding; and
(4) Notwithstanding that the elder has no written rental agreement or that the agreement has expired, during hospitalization of the elder due to illness or other disability so long as the elder continues to tender the usual rent to the authority or proceeds to tender receipts for rent lawfully withheld, no action or proceeding to recover possession of the dwelling unit may be maintained against the elder, nor shall the authority otherwise cause the elder to quit the dwelling unit involuntarily, demand an increase in rent from the elder, or decrease the services to which the elder has been entitled. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2; am L 2017, c 114, §3; am L 2022, c 251, §6]
2023 Hawaii Revised Statutes › Title 20. Social Services › 356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority › 356D-72 Housing for elders revolving fund.

§356D-72 Housing for elders revolving fund.
There is created a housing for elders revolving fund to be administered by the authority. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, moneys received or collected by the authority pursuant to this subpart shall be deposited into the revolving fund. Revenues from the fund may be used to pay the expenses of management, operation, and maintenance of housing projects for elders, including but not limited to the cost of insurance, a proportionate share of the administrative expenses of the authority, and the costs of repairs, equipment, and improvements. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
2023 Hawaii Revised Statutes › Title 20. Social Services › 356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority › 356D-80 Additional powers.

§356D-80 Additional powers.
The powers conferred upon the authority by this subpart shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law, and nothing in this subpart shall be construed as limiting any powers, rights, privileges, or immunities so conferred. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
2023 Hawaii Revised Statutes › Title 20. Social Services › 356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority › 356D-91 Definitions.

§356D-91 Definitions.
As used in this part unless the context otherwise requires:
"Party" means each person or agency named or admitted as a party or properly seeking and entitled as of right to be admitted as a party in any court or agency proceeding.
"Public housing project" or "complex" means a low-income federally assisted housing project as established by the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, and controlled, owned, developed, or managed by the authority pursuant to the federal low-rent public housing program.
"Tenant" means any person occupying a dwelling accommodation or living quarters in any public housing project, under or by virtue of any tenancy, lease, or rental agreement under or from the authority. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2; am L 2007, c 249, §36]
2023 Hawaii Revised Statutes › Title 20. Social Services › 356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority › 356D-92 Termination and eviction.

§356D-92 Termination and eviction.
(a) Except as otherwise provided, the authority may terminate any lease, rental agreement, permit, or license covering the use and occupation of any dwelling unit or other premises located within a public housing project and evict from any premises any tenant, licensee, or other occupant for any of the following reasons:
(1) Failure to pay rent when due;
(2) Violation of any of the provisions of a lease, rental agreement, permit, or license;
(3) Violation of any of the rules of the authority;
(4) Failure to maintain the dwelling unit in a clean, sanitary, and habitable condition;
(5) Upon a third violation of section 356D-6.5; provided that a violation of any of these terms by a nonresident, a guest who is visiting a resident, or by any member of the resident's household shall be deemed a violation by the resident;
(6) Conviction of a felony committed during the term of the tenancy for an act that:
(A) Occurs on the authority's premises or affects the authority's property, including its administrative offices, its employees, or its employees' property or vehicles; or
(B) Is related to the authority's funds; or
(7) The existence of any other circumstances giving rise to an immediate right to possession by the authority.
(b) When any tenant has been delinquent in payment of rent, the authority, either directly or through its managing agent, shall provide the tenant with a written notice in accordance with requirements imposed under federal law and regulation (24 C.F.R. part 966) that shall inform the tenant of the delinquency. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2; am L 2007, c 193, §4 and c 249, §37; am L 2012, c 160, §1; am L 2014, c 91, §2; am L 2019, c 206, §1]
2023 Hawaii Revised Statutes › Title 20. Social Services › 356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority › 356D-93 Hearings.

§356D-93 Hearings.
(a) Where the authority proposes to terminate a lease or rental agreement and evict a tenant under section 356D-92, a hearing shall be held to determine whether cause exists for the action. The authority shall give written notice to the person concerned specifying the reason for which the eviction is proposed and fixing the date and place of hearing. The written notice shall further inform the tenant of the right to inspect and copy the tenant file at the tenant's expense before the hearing is held. The notice shall be given at least five days before the date set for the hearing. At the hearing, before final action is taken, the person concerned shall be entitled to be heard in person or through counsel, and shall be accorded a full and fair hearing in accordance with the requirements of a contested case hearing provided for under sections 91-9 and 91-10 to 91-13. This full and fair hearing shall be deemed to be a contested case hearing before the authority that is required pursuant to chapter 91.
(b) Hearings shall be conducted by an eviction board appointed by the authority. The eviction board shall consist of not fewer than one person, and no more than three persons, of which one member shall be a tenant. If feasible, the eviction board may conduct hearings using video conferencing technology; provided that these hearings shall be conducted pursuant to chapter 91. The findings, conclusions, decision, and order of the eviction board shall be final unless an appeal is taken as hereinafter provided.
(c) The eviction board shall have the same powers respecting administering oaths, compelling the attendance of witnesses and the production of documentary evidence, and examining witnesses, as are possessed by circuit courts. In case of disobedience by any person of any order of the eviction board, or of any subpoena issued by the eviction board, or the refusal of any witness to testify to any matter regarding which the witness may lawfully be questioned, any circuit judge, on application by the eviction board, shall compel obedience as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued by a circuit court, or a refusal to testify therein. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2; am L 2012, c 160, §2]
2023 Hawaii Revised Statutes › Title 20. Social Services › 356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority › 356D-94 Eviction.

§356D-94 Eviction.
(a) If it is proven to the satisfaction of the eviction board that there is cause to terminate a lease or rental agreement and evict the tenant, the authority shall provide the tenant with a written notice of the authority's decision to terminate the tenancy. The notice shall inform the tenant that a writ of possession may be issued by the authority within ten business days. The notice shall also inform the tenant whether the grounds for eviction are considered curable and, if so, what the tenant must do to remedy the grounds, by when it must be done, and what the tenant must do to document for the authority that the grounds have been remedied.
(b) When the grounds for termination of the tenancy may be cured by the tenant, the tenant shall have ten business days from receipt of the notice provided for in subsection (a) to cure the grounds. If the grounds are cured within the ten-day period, no writ of possession may be issued. If the grounds are not cured within the ten-day period, the authority may issue a writ of possession forthwith.
(c) The authority may adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to define curable and noncurable grounds for eviction. The authority may consider a tenant's history in determining noncurable grounds for eviction. A tenant's history may include chronic or consistent delinquency, or repeated violations of the terms of the rental agreement.
(d) Enforcement of the order by a writ of possession shall be effected either by an officer appointed by the authority, who shall have all of the powers of a police officer for all action in connection with the enforcement of the order, or by a sheriff or any other law enforcement officer of the State or any county, whose duty it shall be to carry out the order. The person enforcing the order shall remove all persons from the premises and put the authority in full possession thereof.
(e) Upon eviction, the household goods and personal effects of the person against whom the order is entered, and those of any persons using the premises incident to the person's holding, may be removed from the premises and stored by the authority. If the action is taken, the authority shall have a lien on the property so taken for the expenses incurred by it in moving and storing the same, and the authority is authorized to sell or otherwise dispose of the property if unclaimed after thirty days. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
2023 Hawaii Revised Statutes › Title 20. Social Services › 356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority › 356D-95 Ex parte motion.

§356D-95 Ex parte motion.
If a tenant cannot be served with an order of eviction or writ of possession, and the facts shall appear by affidavit to the authority, service to the tenant may be made according to the special order of the authority. The order shall require the officer to affix a certified copy of the order of eviction or writ of possession in a conspicuous place upon the premises such as the door or wall of the dwelling unit. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
2023 Hawaii Revised Statutes › Title 20. Social Services › 356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority › 356D-97 Appeals.

§356D-97 Appeals.
An aggrieved party may secure a review of any final judgment of the circuit court under this part by appeal to the appellate courts, subject to chapter 602. The appeal shall be taken in the manner provided in the rules of court. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2; am L 2007, c 193, §6]
2023 Hawaii Revised Statutes › Title 20. Social Services › 356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority › 356D-101 Gifts, etc., to counties from authority.

§356D-101 Gifts, etc., to counties from authority.
The authority may make and pay gifts or donations of money directly to any county. Any county may receive the gifts or donations as a general fund realization, and expend the funds for any purpose authorized by law. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
2023 Hawaii Revised Statutes › Title 20. Social Services › 356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority › 356D-102 Facilities and services by counties to authority and tenants.

§356D-102 Facilities and services by counties to authority and tenants.
Each county within which the authority may own, operate, or administer any public housing project or complex and to which, or for whose benefit, the authority or its predecessors in interest has made (by payment to the county) or may hereafter make, gifts or donations including any payment in lieu of taxes, upon request of the authority, shall provide and furnish to the authority in regard to every public housing project or complex, and to the tenants and other occupants of the public housing project, free of charge and without condition or other requirement, all the facilities, services, and privileges as it provides or furnishes, with or without charge or other consideration, to any person or persons. The facilities and services may include police protection, fire protection, street lighting, paving maintenance, traffic control, garbage or trash collection and disposal, use of streets or highways, use of county incinerators or garbage dumps, storm drainage, and sewage disposal. In addition, each county, upon request of the authority and free of charge and without condition or other requirement, shall open or close, but not construct or reconstruct, streets, roads, highways, alleys, or other facilities within any public housing project or complex within the county. Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict or limit the power of the authority to agree to pay, or to pay, for any and all of the facilities, services, and privileges, if in its discretion it deems the payment advisable. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2; am L 2022, c 251, §7]
2023 Hawaii Revised Statutes › Title 20. Social Services › 356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority › 356D-103 Construction of additional powers.

§356D-103 Construction of additional powers.
Sections 356D-101 and 356D-102 shall not be construed as abrogating, limiting, or modifying parts II, III, or IV, including amendments thereto. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
2023 Hawaii Revised Statutes › Title 20. Social Services › 356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority › 356D-104 Charges for prior services by counties to authority.

§356D-104 Charges for prior services by counties to authority.
Every county (including departments, boards, or instrumentalities thereof) which has, prior to May 14, 1949, provided or furnished any facilities, services, or privileges, including, without limitation to the generality of the foregoing, garbage and trash collection and disposal, use of streets or highways, and use of county incinerators or garbage dumps, to the authority or its predecessors in interest in regard to any public housing project or complex owned, operated, or administered by the authority under any law or laws, or to the tenants or occupants of the public housing project or complex, for which facilities, services, or privileges the authority, or the tenants or occupants have not paid, is prohibited from charging, collecting, or receiving any privileges, except such sum or sums as the authority, in its discretion, may hereafter agree to pay for the same. [L 2006, c 180, pt of §2]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 Hawaii Revised Statutes › Title 20. Social Services › 356D. Hawaii Public Housing Authority › 356D-157 State rent supplement program for kupuna.

§356D-157 State rent supplement program for kupuna.
[Section repealed June 30, 2026. L 2023, c 98,
§6.]
(a) There is established the state rent supplement program for kupuna to be administered by the authority to provide state rent supplement assistance and other services to qualified kupuna under this section.
(b) The authority shall:
(1) Provide state rent supplement assistance to qualified kupuna;
(2) Provide housing counseling to assist qualified kupuna in obtaining or retaining permanent housing; and
(3) Coordinate with mental health services providers and other supportive services providers to assist qualified kupuna.
(c) The authority may enter into memoranda of agreement with the counties or specialized nonprofit organizations as necessary to implement this section.
(d) The authority, without regard to chapter 91, shall establish rules and any additional qualification standards specifically for recipients of the state rent supplement program for kupuna.
(e) The authority shall submit to the legislature an annual report of its findings and recommendations regarding the state rent supplement program for kupuna, including any proposed legislation, no later than thirty days prior to the convening of each regular session.
(f) As used in this section, "qualified kupuna" means a person who:
(1) Is sixty-two years of age or older;
(2) Is homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless; and
(3) Otherwise meets the requirements for a qualified tenant under section 356D-153. [L 2023, c 98, §3]
2023 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]
2023 Hawaii Revised Statutes › Title 20. Social Services › 359. State Housing Projects--Repealed

REPEALED.
L 1987, c 337, §13; L 1997, c 350, §18; L 1998, c 212, §47.
Note
L 1998, c 2, §93 purports to amend §359-80.
Cross References
For present provisions, see chapter 356D.
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 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]
2023 Hawaii Revised Statutes › Title 20. Social Services › 367. Status of Women › 367-2 State commission on status of women:

§367-2 State commission on status of women:
membership.
(a) There is created a state commission on the status of women for a special purpose within the department of human services for administrative purposes.
(b) The commission shall consist of thirteen members, which shall include:
(1) Ex officio, nonvoting members the superintendent of education, the president of the University of Hawaii, the director of labor and industrial relations, the director of human resources development, the director of human services, and the director of health, or their respective designated representative; and
(2) The remaining seven members shall be appointed by the governor in accordance with section 26
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34, and shall serve as voting members.
(c) Of the appointed seven members there shall be one member from each of the counties of Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai, and four members from Oahu.
(d) The members shall be selected on the basis of their interests and knowledge in, and their ability to make contributions to, the solution of problems relating to the status of women. The chairperson shall be elected annually from the seven appointed members of the commission.
(e) A quorum to do business or to validate any act of the commission shall consist of a majority of the seven appointed members of the commission. [L 1970, c 190, pt of §1; am L 1972, c 162, §1; am L 1980, c 302, pt of §2; am L 1987, c 339, §4; am L 1991, c 46, §2; am L 1994, c 56, §21; am L 1995, c 151, §3; am L 1998, c 74, §1; am L 2005, c 147, §3]
2023 Hawaii Revised Statutes › Title 20. Social Services › 367. Status of Women › 367-2.5 Executive director.

§367-2.5 Executive director.
The commission shall appoint an executive director for the proper administration and enforcement of this chapter without regard to chapter 76. [L 1984, c 74, §1; am L 1995, c 151, §4; am L 2000, c 253, §150]