HI SB2566

Creates a new chapter in Hawaii Revised Statutes establishing requirements for lot owners in housing subdivisions to pay assessments for repair and maintenance of subdivision roads, applicable only to counties with populations between 200,000 and 500,000.

Authorizes counties to assess and collect fees for subdivision road repair and maintenance if no court-appointed or deed-designated entity is authorized to do so, and allows counties to designate subdivisions as special improvement districts or community facilities districts.

Requires counties to provide volunteer association boards with training on responsibilities, auditing services for assessment funds, and arbitration and mediation services to resolve disputes between lot owners and fee-collecting entities.

Extends the reporting deadline for the Act 200, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022 working group from 2024 to 2025 and extends the working group's dissolution date to June 30, 2025.

Appropriates $100,000 from general revenues for fiscal year 2024-2025 for the working group, with unexpended funds to be used by counties for subdivision infrastructure purposes; takes effect July 1, 2024.