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HI HB1091

Bill

Status

Passed

7/6/2023

Primary Sponsor

Scott Saiki

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Origin

House of Representatives

2023 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Hawaii Revised Statutes section 508D-15 to require sellers of residential real property adjacent to the shoreline to disclose all permitted and unpermitted erosion control structures on the parcel, including expiration dates, violation notices, and associated fines.

  • Requires sellers to disclose the annual coastal erosion rate for the zoning lot based on historical analysis and county databases when that information is publicly available.

  • Maintains existing disclosure requirements for properties within special flood hazard areas, noise exposure areas, military airport compatibility zones, tsunami inundation areas, and sea level rise exposure areas.

  • Clarifies that when boundary ambiguity exists regarding designated hazard areas, the ambiguity shall be construed in favor of the seller provided good faith effort was made to determine applicability.

  • Takes effect on June 30, 3000.

Legislative Description

Relating To Real Property Disclosures Within Shoreline Areas.

Mandatory Seller Disclosures

Last Action

Act 231, 07/06/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1334).

7/6/2023

Committee Referrals

Commerce and Consumer Protection3/21/2023
Water and Land3/10/2023
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs2/16/2023
Water & Land1/30/2023

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