HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1855

TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

S.D. 1

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  The University of Hawaii acquired lands for the University of Hawaii at West Oahu through a land exchange approved in Act 294, Session Laws of Hawaii 1996.  Subsequently, the University of Hawaii at West Oahu campus has grown and continues to grow according to the university's long-range development plans.  However, the legislature finds that there remains significant acreage that could be used for revenue-generating purposes for the support of the University of Hawaii at West Oahu.  The university is supported with public funds and as such, it is the legislature's responsibility to ensure that the university is fiscally sustainable.  Consequently, the legislature finds and declares that the disposition of land with the potential for revenue generation is an issue of statewide concern and therefore under the legislature's purview pursuant to article x, section 6 of the Hawaii State Constitution.

     The purpose of this Act is to:

     (1)  Prohibit the sale or gift of the University of Hawaii at West Oahu land acquired pursuant to Act 294, Session Laws of Hawaii 1996, for a period of two years; and

     (2)  Require the University of Hawaii to report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2016 on its updated policy on land sales and its plan for the University of Hawaii at West Oahu land acquired pursuant to Act 294, Session Laws of Hawaii 1996.

     SECTION 2.  Chapter 304A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§304A-    University of Hawaii at West Oahu; sale or gift of lands.  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the University of Hawaii shall not sell any lands described in section 304A-2166(b)(2)(A) and (B) in fee simple, including the sale of land for roads and streets, or gift any lands described in that section in fee simple to the extent such gift is otherwise permitted by law."

     SECTION 3.  Section 304A-2166, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

     "(b)  The following shall be deposited into the special fund:

     (1)  Appropriations by the legislature to the special fund;

     (2)  All [net proceeds from the sale of public lands, all] net rents from leases, licenses, and permits, or all net proceeds derived from development rights for public lands:

         (A)  Proposed for large lot subdivision as a five hundred acre parcel and designated as Lot 10077 in Land Court Application 1069; and

         (B)  Obtained from the Campbell Estate in the land exchange described in section 2 of Act 294, Session Laws of Hawaii 1996, located mauka of the H-1 Freeway and consisting of nine hundred forty-one acres, more or less; and

     (3)  Interest earned or accrued on moneys in the special fund."

     SECTION 4.  The University of Hawaii shall report to the legislature, no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2016, its updated policy on land sales and its plan for the University of Hawaii at West Oahu land acquired pursuant to Act 294, Session Laws of Hawaii 1996.

     SECTION 5.  This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.

     SECTION 6.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 7.  This Act shall take effect upon approval and shall be repealed on June 30, 2016; provided that section 304A‑2166(b), Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall be reenacted in the form in which it read on the day prior to the effective date of this Act.


 


 

Report Title:

University of Hawaii at West Oahu; Sale or Gift of Land

 

Description:

Prohibits the sale or gift of land acquired by the University of Hawaii at West Oahu pursuant to Act 294, SLH 1996, for two years.  Requires a report to the legislature.  (SD1)

 

 

 

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