HB627 Summary

• Authorizes the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to establish one full-time equivalent State Public-Private Partnership Coordinator position, exempt from civil service requirements.

• Establishes an Office of Public-Private Partnership within the department to coordinate public-private partnership projects and increase economic development through collaboration between public and private sectors.

• Office duties include creating strategic plans, analyzing partnership projects, coordinating among state agencies, developing infrastructure proposals, and overseeing implementation of partnership initiatives.

• Designates Aloha Stadium redevelopment as the office's initial public-private partnership project.

• Appropriates $150,000 for fiscal year 2017-2018 and $150,000 for fiscal year 2018-2019 to establish the coordinator position and operate the office; exempts Hawaii Public Housing Authority partnerships from this framework.