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SB77
THE SENATE
S.B. NO.
77
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
STATE OF HAWAII
A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating
to residential leaseHOLDS
.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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SECTION
1
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Section 516-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended to read as follows:
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�516-2
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Applicability.
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This chapter applies to all lands leased as
residential lots [
which
]
that
are owned or held privately or
owned by the State or its political subdivisions, except
:
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(1)
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Hawaiian
home lands [
which
]
that
are subject to Article XII of the
Constitution of the State [
and lands
]
;
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(2)
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Lands
owned or held by the federal government[
.
]
; and
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(3)
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State
and county lands leased after July 1, 2025, for an initial period of not less
than ninety-nine years.
This
chapter is not meant to supersede or preclude any other remedy at law available
to residential leasehold lessees or the State, including those available under
chapter 480."
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SECTION
2
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Section 516D-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended to read as follows:
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"�516D-1
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Applicability.
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This chapter applies to all lands on which
are situated either residential condominium property regimes created under
chapter 514B or any predecessor thereto, or cooperative housing corporations,
which are owned or held privately or by the State or by the counties, except
:
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(1)
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Hawaiian
home lands subject to article XII of the state constitution [
and lands
]
;
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(2)
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Lands
owned or held by the federal government[
.
]
; and
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(3)
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State
and county lands leased after July 1, 2025, for an initial period of not less
than ninety-nine years.
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SECTION 3.
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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 4.
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This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
INTRODUCED BY:
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Report Title:
Residential
Leases; State Lands; County Lands; Exemption
Description:
Exempts
state and county lands leased after July 1, 2025, for an initial period of not
less than ninety-nine years from chapters 516 and 516D, Hawaii Revised
Statutes.
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.