HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H.B. NO.
737
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
STATE OF HAWAII
A BILL FOR AN ACT
hISTORIC PRESERVATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 6E-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "historic property" to read as follows:
""Historic property" means any building, structure, object, district, area, or site, including [Underlined: a] heiau and [Underlined: an] underwater site, [[Struck through: which]] [Underlined: that] is over fifty years old[[Struck through: .]] [Underlined: and meets the integrity and significance criteria to be placed onto the Hawaii register of historic places, as determined by department staff or a qualified professional, as set forth by the department, or has important value to Native Hawaiians or other ethnic groups of the State due to associations with cultural practices once carried out, or still being carried out, at the property or due to associations with traditional beliefs, events, or oral accounts that are important to the group's history, traditional practices, and cultural identity.]"
SECTION 2. Section 6E-42.2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) An application for a proposed project on an existing privately-owned single-family detached dwelling unit or townhouse shall be subject to the requirements of section 6E-42 only if the single-family detached dwelling unit or townhouse is [[Struck through: over fifty years old]] [Underlined: a historic property] and:
(1) Is listed on the Hawaii or national register of historic places, or both;
(2) Is nominated for inclusion on the Hawaii or national register of historic places, or both; or
(3) Is located in a historic district."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
INTRODUCED BY:
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Report Title:
Historic Preservation; Historic Property
Description:
Redefines "historic property" with respect to the State Historic Preservation Program. Requires historic review for proposed projects on existing privately-owned single-family detached dwelling units or townhouses only if the unit or townhouse is historic property, rather than over 50 years old.
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