Title 13, Planning And Economic Development

[§206M-64] Contracts for services necessary for management and operation of the strategic development programs. The development corporation may contract with others, public or private, for the provision of all or a portion of the services necessary for the management and operatio…

[§206M-65] Actions of the development corporation; guidelines. (a) All actions taken by the development corporation shall be necessary to achieve the purposes and objectives of this part. The development corporation shall evaluate all programs after three years to determine their…

[§206M-66] Business and industry evaluation and priorities for job opportunity and economic development. The development corporation shall develop procedures to set priorities as to which types of businesses and industries are most likely to provide significant opportunities for …

[§206M-67] Confidentiality of trade secrets or the like; disclosure of financial information. Notwithstanding chapter 92, 92F, or any other law to the contrary, any documents or data made or received by any member or employee of the development corporation under this part, to the…

[§206M-68] Requests for assistance from the development corporation; procedure. (a) The board shall approve or disapprove requests for assistance within ninety days of receiving a written application under this part. Upon written request by an applicant, the board may reconsider …

[§206M-69] Private sector financial support. Significant private sector financial support shall be associated with any economic development project for which the development corporation provides assistance under this part. [L 2019, c 56, pt of §2]

§206M-7 Conditions precedent to negotiating and entering into a project agreement. (a) The development corporation prior to entering into negotiations with respect to a project agreement or at any time during such negotiations shall require that as a condition to such negotiation…

[§206M-70] Limitations on debt owed to the development corporation. Not more than $5,000,000 in financial assistance, excluding rights and royalties under a venture capital agreement, shall be provided to any one enterprise at any time under this part. The direct investments of t…

[§206M-71] Limitation on liability. Chapters 661 and 662 or any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, nothing in this part shall create an obligation, debt, claim, cause of action, claim for relief, charge, or any other liability of any kind whatsoever in favor of any person…

[§206M-72] HI growth initiative; report to legislature. The development corporation shall submit an annual report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of a regular session on the specific annual outcome achieved through the activities and expenditur…

[§206M-73] Annual audit. The books and records of the strategic development programs shall be subject to an annual audit by an independent auditor. [L 2019, c 56, pt of §2]

B. Program for Seed Capital Assistance [§206M-74] Establishment. The development corporation shall establish a program for seed capital assistance. [L 2019, c 56, pt of §2]

[§206M-75] Seed capital investments. Subject to this subpart, the development corporation may invest in:

[§206M-76] Purposes and terms of investments. (a) Investments may be used for any purpose consistent with the purposes and objectives of this part, including but not limited to: (b) Investments may be made on such terms and conditions as the development corporation shall determin…

C. Program for Venture Capital Assistance [§206M-77] Establishment. The development corporation shall establish a program for venture capital. [L 2019, c 56, pt of §2]

[§206M-78] Venture capital investments. Subject to this subpart, the development corporation may invest in:

[§206M-79] Purposes and terms of investments. (a) Investments may be used for any purpose consistent with the purposes and objectives of this part. (b) Investments may be made on such terms and conditions as the development corporation shall determine to be reasonable, appropriat…

§206M-8 Project agreement. (a) No special purpose revenue bonds shall be issued unless at the time of issuance the development corporation shall have entered into a project agreement with respect to the project or economic zone for the financing of which the special purpose reven…

D. Program for Capital Access [§206M-80] Establishment. The development corporation shall establish a program for capital access. [L 2019, c 56, pt of §2]

[§206M-81] Financial assistance. The development corporation, through the program for capital access, may:

[§206M-82] Purposes and priorities required in the procuring of insurance, loan guarantees, or letters of credit. (a) Insurance, guarantees, or letters of credit procured pursuant to section 206M-81 shall be procured only for economic development projects within the State that ar…

[§206M-83] Conditions for procuring of insurance, loan guarantees, or letters of credit. (a) Insurance, guarantees, or letters of credit shall not be procured pursuant to section 206M-81 unless the development corporation is assured that the loans, debentures, or leases insured, …

[§206M-84] Program for capital access participation agreements. The development corporation shall enter into agreements with lenders for participation in the program for capital access that shall include but not be limited to:

[§206M-85] Establishment of special funds to secure loan insurance obligations; source of funds. The development corporation may establish a special fund or funds for capital access into which fees or premiums collected by the development corporation are deposited. [L 2019, c 56,…

§206M-9 Issuance of special purpose revenue bonds; bond anticipation notes; refunding bonds. (a) In addition to the other powers that it may have, the development corporation may issue special purpose revenue bonds to finance, in whole or in part, the costs of projects of, for, o…

[§206N-1] Applicability. (a) Subject to subsection (b), this chapter shall apply only to activities of a communications service provider to deploy small wireless facilities and to modified or replaced state or county utility poles associated with small wireless facilities. Except…

[§206N-10] Indemnification, insurance, and bonding. (a) The State or county may adopt indemnification, insurance, and bonding requirements related to small wireless facility permits subject to this section. (b) The State or county may require a communications service provider to …

[§206N-2] Definitions. As used in this chapter: "Antenna" means communications equipment that transmits or receives electromagnetic radio frequency signals used in the provision of services using small wireless facilities. "Applicable codes" means uniform building, fire, electric…

§206N-3 General. Except as provided in this chapter, the State or any county shall not prohibit or regulate the deployment of small wireless facilities or any associated modified or replaced utility poles used for the collocation of small wireless facilities. The State or a count…

[§206N-4] Zoning. Small wireless facilities and associated modified or replaced utility poles subject to the height limits in section 206N-5(c), shall be classified as permitted uses and shall not be subject to zoning review or zoning approval if they are deployed: Nothing in thi…

[§206N-5] Use of the right of way for small wireless facilities and utility poles. (a) The State or county shall not enter into an exclusive arrangement with any person for use of the right of way for the construction, operation, marketing, or maintenance of small wireless facili…

[§206N-6] Permitting process in the right of way. The State or county may require an applicant to obtain one or more permits to collocate a small wireless facility or install a modified or replaced utility pole associated with a small wireless facility as provided in section 206N…

[§206N-7] Access to state or county utility poles within the right of way. (a) This section shall apply to activities of the communications service provider within the right of way. The State and counties shall permit the collocation of small wireless facilities on utility poles …

[§206N-8] Local authority. (a) Subject to this chapter and applicable federal law, the State or county may continue to exercise zoning, land use, planning, and permitting authority within its jurisdictional boundaries, including with respect to utility poles; except that neither …

[§206N-9] Implementation. No later than July 1, 2019, the State and each county shall adopt or modify laws, regulations, and agreements for lands within its jurisdiction that make available rates, fees, and other terms that comply with this chapter to communications service provi…

§206R-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: "Broadband infrastructure" means the medium used to provide broadband service, including fiber optic cable, copper cable, coaxial cable, and wireless media, such as satellite communications, wire…

[§206R-2] Broadband infrastructure grant program; establishment. There is established the broadband infrastructure grant program within the department of business, economic development, and tourism for administrative purposes. The department shall receive and review grant applica…

[§206R-3] Eligible projects. The department may award grants for eligible projects; provided that on the date the application is submitted, the area to be served by the project shall include either unserved areas or underserved areas. [L 2021, c 225, pt of §2]

[§206R-4] Eligible applicants. To be eligible for a grant, an applicant shall:

[§206R-5] Applications. (a) The department shall establish an annual time period to commence an open process for submission of applications for funding under the program. The time period for submission shall be no less than sixty days and no more than ninety days. (b) The form of…

[§206R-6] Review of applications; confidential treatment; approval. (a) Within five business days following the last day of the time period for submission of applications to the program, the department shall make all of the applications available for review in a publicly availabl…

[§206R-7] Departmental authority. The department may:

[§206R-8] Rules. (a) The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to effectuate the purposes of this chapter. (b) The rules shall:

PART I. HOME LOANS FOR LOW INCOME HOME BUYERS ON STATE LAND §207-1 Authorization for loans. The director of finance may grant loans as provided for in this part to persons leasing or purchasing state lands for their personal residential needs. Loans may be granted only to eligibl…

PART II. LOANS MADE BY FOREIGN LENDERS AND CERTAIN OTHER ACTIVITIES OF SUCH LENDERS §207-11 Definitions. As used in this part: "Employee benefit plan" means any plan, fund, or program which was heretofore or is hereafter established in and under the laws of a state other than Haw…

§207-12 Exemptions and immunities. A foreign lender that: does not by engaging in this State in any or all of the activities specified in section 207-13, violate the laws of this State relating to doing business or doing a banking, trust, or insurance business, or become subject …