Title 13, Planning And Economic Development

§226-53 Office of planning and sustainable development; duties. The office shall provide technical assistance in administering this chapter. To further the intent and purpose of this chapter, the office shall: The office may contract with public and private agencies and persons f…

§226-54 Amendments to this chapter. Amendments to this chapter shall be adopted in accordance with the legislative review process. Proposals from the general public to initiate amendments to any provision of this chapter, shall be subject to the following provisions:

§226-55 Functional plans; preparation; update. (a) The state agency head primarily responsible for a given functional area shall prepare and periodically update the functional plan for the area. In the preparation or update of the functional plan, the state agency head shall work…

§226-56 Functional plans; form and submittal. (a) Functional plans shall be prepared to further define and implement statewide goals, objectives, policies, and priority guidelines contained in this chapter. (b) Functional plans shall be prepared and revised in accordance with gui…

§226-57 Functional plans; implementation. (a) Functional plans shall be used to guide the allocation of resources for the implementation of state policies adopted by the legislature. (b) The legislature, upon a finding of overriding statewide concern, may determine in any given i…

§226-58 County general plans. (a) The county general plans and development plans shall be formulated with input from the state and county agencies as well as the general public. County general plans or development plans shall indicate desired population and physical development p…

§226-59 State programs. (a) The formulation, administration, and implementation of state programs shall be in conformance with the overall theme, goals, objectives, and policies, and shall utilize as guidelines the priority guidelines contained within this chapter, and the state …

§226-6 Objectives and policies for the economy--in general. (a) Planning for the State's economy in general shall be directed toward achievement of the following objectives: (b) To achieve the general economic objectives, it shall be the policy of this State to:

§226-63 Hawaii interagency council for transit-oriented development; transit-oriented development planning and implementation. (a) There is established the Hawaii interagency council for transit-oriented development, which shall be an advisory body exempt from section 26-34, to c…

§226-64 Hawaii interagency council for transit-oriented development[;] membership. (a) The Hawaii interagency council for transit-oriented development shall be composed of the following members: (b) The nongovernmental members of the Hawaii interagency council for transit-oriente…

§226-65 Hawaii 2050 sustainability plan. (a) The Hawaii 2050 sustainability plan shall serve as the State's climate and sustainability action plan to determine future actions guiding the coordination and implementation of Hawaii's sustainability and climate adaptation goals, prin…

§226-7 Objectives and policies for the economy--agriculture. (a) Planning for the State's economy with regard to agriculture shall be directed towards achievement of the following objectives: (b) To achieve the agriculture objectives, it shall be the policy of this State to:

§226-8 Objective and policies for the economy--visitor industry. (a) Planning for the State's economy with regard to the visitor industry shall be directed towards the achievement of the objective of a visitor industry that constitutes a major component of steady growth for Hawai…

§226‑9 Objective and policies for the economy--federal expenditures. (a) Planning for the State's economy with regard to federal expenditures shall be directed towards achievement of the objective of a stable federal investment base as an integral component of Hawaii's economy. (…

§227D-1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: "Authority" means the natural energy laboratory of Hawaii authority established by section 227D-2. "Board" means the board of directors of the authority established by section 227D-2 and …

[§227D-1.5 Authority as public utility.] (a) The authority shall be exempt from the definition of "public utility" under section 269-1 and shall be exempt from regulation by the public utilities commission for the sale or provision of electricity generated by the authority using …

§227D-2 Establishment of the natural energy laboratory of Hawaii authority; purpose. (a) There is established the natural energy laboratory of Hawaii authority, which shall be a body corporate and politic and an instrumentality and agency of the State. The authority shall be plac…

§227D-3 Powers of the authority. The authority may: (E) Providing policy analysis and information important to the development of natural resource utilization in Hawaii;

[§227D-3.5 Confidentiality of information.] (a) Notwithstanding chapter 92F or any other law to the contrary, any government record made or received by any member or employee of the authority shall be subject to segregation, and information contained therein shall not be subject …

[§227D-4] Research advisory committee. The authority shall appoint a research advisory committee for the purpose of obtaining expert and specialized counsel and advice on matters relating to scientific research and may include as members of the committee officers and employees of…

§227D-5 Special fund. There is established in the state treasury a fund to be known as the natural energy laboratory of Hawaii authority special fund, into which shall be deposited all moneys and fees from tenants or other users of the authority's parks, projects, other leased fa…

[§227D-6] Meetings of the board. (a) The meetings of the board shall be open to the public as provided in section 92-3, except that when it is necessary for the board to receive information that is proprietary to a particular enterprise that seeks entry into or use of one of its …

§227D-7 Exemption of authority from taxation and competitive bidding. (a) All revenues and receipts derived by the authority from any project or research and technology park or under a project agreement or other agreement pertaining thereto shall be exempt from all state taxation…

[§227D-8] Assistance by state and county agencies. Every state or county agency may render services to the authority upon request of the authority. [L 1990, c 224, pt of §3]

[§227D-9] Court proceedings; preferences. Any action or proceeding to which the authority, the State, or a county may be a party, in which any question arises as to the validity of this chapter, shall be preferred over all other civil causes, except election cases, without respec…

§229-1 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: "Commission" means the Hawaii sister-state and international partnerships commission established under section 229-2. "Sister-state or province partnership" means a partnership between th…

§229-2 Hawaii sister-state and international partnerships commission. (a) There is established within the department of business, economic development, and tourism, for administrative purposes only, the Hawaii sister-state and international partnerships commission. (b) The commis…

§229-3 Initiating sister-state relationships. The commission shall evaluate and develop recommendations for the initiation of all sister-state or province partnerships and forward its recommendation to the legislature. The legislature, if it so chooses, shall implement the recomm…

§229-4 Maintaining sister-state relationships. The commission shall periodically evaluate established sister-state or province partnerships and forward its recommendations on maintaining sister-state or province partnerships to the governor and to the legislature. [L 2006, c 150,…

§229-5 Dissolving sister-state relationships. The commission may make a recommendation to terminate a sister-state or province partnership it deems to be defunct, moribund, or not beneficial and forward its recommendation to the legislature. The legislature, if it so chooses, sha…