HI SB2645

Establishes a task force within the Department of Health to evaluate the process for executing delayed construction projects that have not commenced within ten years of acceptance of their environmental impact statement.

Task force composition includes the Director of Environmental Quality Control (chair), Director of Agriculture, relevant Senate and House committee chairs, and representatives from the General Contractors Association of Hawaii, Building Industry Association of Hawaii, and Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii.

Task force shall examine factors causing construction delays (financing, interest rates, market conditions), the need for supplemental environmental impact statements, community engagement alternatives, and impacts of additional public hearings on project timelines.

Task force shall submit findings and recommendations, including proposed legislation, to the legislature no later than twenty days before the 2019 regular session convenes.

Task force dissolves on June 30, 2019, with an unspecified general revenue appropriation provided for fiscal year 2018-2019.