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HB989
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H.B. NO.
989
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
STATE OF HAWAII
A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING
TO PLANS
.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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SECTION 1.
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Section 502-17, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended by amending subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
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"(d)
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On receipt for recordation of a transfer or
separate description document concerning a lot in a subdivision, the registrar
shall accept and file the document with:
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(1)
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A metes and bounds description, either
solely or as part of the document;
and
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(2)
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A county certified plat map, unless the
land is being deregistered pursuant to part II of chapter 501[
; and
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(3)
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A letter from a licensed
professional surveyor, certifying that the metes and bounds description
conforms to the accompanying plat map
].
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The
document shall otherwise comply with the requirements for recordation under
this section.
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Any parcel created or
subdivided before the effective date of the subdivision laws of the respective
counties is exempt from the provisions of this subsection.
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(e)
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For checking the survey and plan as to form
and mathematical correctness, the department shall charge [
$2 an hour
]
a
fee pursuant to chapter 40 of title 3, Hawaii Administrative Rules,
and
shall require the owner of the land to deposit the [
estimated
] cost
thereof before [
making such check.
]
approving the survey and plan.
"
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SECTION
2.
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Section 502-18, Hawaii Revised
Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
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"
�502-18
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Description; lot subdivisions.
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A metes and bounds description of the
exterior boundaries of the parcel or parcels of land sought to be registered as
a file plan shall be written upon the plan, or printed or typewritten on
unruled good quality white paper 11 inches long by 8 1/2 inches wide and shall
be filed [
in duplicate
] with the file plan.
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The metes and bounds description shall be
dated and signed by the licensed professional surveyor making the field survey,
or under whose supervision the field survey was executed.
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If the land sought to be registered as a file
plan is being deregistered pursuant to part II of chapter 501, the metes and
bounds description shall be dated and signed by the licensed professional
surveyor making the file plan, or under whose supervision the file plan was
made.
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The boundaries of the land platted
shall be described as running from left to right (clockwise) and the azimuth
system shall be used in designating the courses of the survey with zero or 360
degrees at due South; 90 degrees at due West; 180 degrees at due North; 270
degrees at due East.
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Any printed or
typewritten description filed separately with the file plan shall be recorded
in the registry system and the book and page
or document number
thereof
noted on the file plan.
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Expense of
recordation shall be charged to the owner.
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The initial point in the description shall clearly show the connection
with the government triangulation system.
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All outside corners of the tract shall be substantially marked by monuments
in the ground, where practicable; unless the land is being deregistered
pursuant to part II of chapter 501.
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In
all cases where tracts of land are subdivided into lots, with the intention of
conveying separate lots by lot number and reference to the plat, it is
necessary to show the true azimuths and lengths of all principal lines and the
lot areas.
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A sufficient number of
durable monuments shall be placed in the ground so as to accurately identify
each lot, unless the land is being deregistered pursuant to part II of chapter
501.
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Any lands being deregistered
pursuant to part II of chapter 501 shall not subdivide or consolidate when
registering as a file plan[
, and only contiguous parcels shall be shown on
the same plan
].
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Only contiguous
parcels shall be shown on the same plan unless the department of accounting and
general services of the State determines that an exception would be appropriate.
"
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SECTION
3.
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Section 502-19, Hawaii Revised
Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
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"
�502-19
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Plans on
[
tracing cloth;
]
tangible medium;
size; scale.
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All plans [
must
]
shall
be on [
tracing cloth of good
quality,
]
a tangible medium of good quality, approved by the department
of accounting and general services of the State,
and shall be of one of the
following sizes, the figures indicating inches:
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10 x 15; 15 x 21; 21 x 32; 30 x 36; 36 x 42; or [
42, 48, or 54
]
36
wide without restriction as to length; which plans shall be prepared and drawn
according to [
some
] one of the following scales: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50,
60,
100, 200, 300, 400, 500,
600,
1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, [
or
] 5000,
or
6000
feet to an inch."
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SECTION
4.
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Section 502-20, Hawaii Revised
Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
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�502-20
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New maps for old.
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The registrar
,
at [
such
]
the
times when the original tracings of filed plans and land court maps on file in
the bureau of conveyances[
,
] are found to be in such condition that
satisfactory [
blueprint
] copies thereof cannot be made, shall forward
any such map or plan to the department of accounting and general services of
the State, with the request that another [
tracing
]
copy of good
quality
thereof be made.
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The
department, on receipt of the request and map or plan, shall prepare another [
tracing
]
copy
thereof,
on a tangible medium of good quality,
and shall
certify that same is a true copy of the original on file in the bureau of
conveyances, and shall file the same[
, together with two certified blueprint
copies,
] with the registrar.
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Any
such certified [
tracing
]
copy
of a map or plan shall thereafter
be regarded for all purposes as the original."
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SECTION
5.
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Statutory material to be repealed is
bracketed and stricken.
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New statutory
material is underscored.
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SECTION
6.
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This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
INTRODUCED BY:
_____________________________
BY REQUEST
Report Title:
DAGS;
Plans; Land Survey; Subdivision; Maps
Description:
Removes
outdated requirements for plans filed with the registrar's office; updates the
statutory fee schedule to reflect those adopted in chapter 40 of title 3, HAR;
grants additional discretion to the Department of Accounting and General
Services to approve the format of plans; and updates permissible drawing scales
used in plans.
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