(a) There is established the Hawaii community development authority, which shall be a body corporate and a public instrumentality of the State, for the purpose of implementing this chapter. The authority shall be placed within the department of business, economic development, and tourism for administrative purposes.
Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 206E-3
- Authority: means the Hawaii community development authority established by section 206E-3. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 206E-2
- County: means any county of the State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 206E-2
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
All members except the director of finance, director of transportation, county directors of planning or planning and permitting, director of business, economic development, and tourism, chairperson of the board of land and natural resources, or their respective designees shall be appointed by the governor pursuant to § 26-34. The two at-large members nominated by the president of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives shall each be invited to serve and appointed by the governor from a list of three nominees submitted for each position by the nominating authority specified in this subsection.
The president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives shall each submit a list of six nominees for each district to the governor to fill the two district representative positions for each community development district. For each community development district, the governor shall appoint one member from a list of nominees submitted by the president of the senate and one member from a list of nominees submitted by the speaker of the house of representatives, and of the two appointees, one shall meet the district residency requirement and one shall meet the district small business owner or nonprofit organization officer or director requirement.
The authority shall be organized and shall exercise jurisdiction as follows:
(1) For matters affecting the Heeia community development district, the following members shall be considered in determining quorum and majority and shall be eligible to vote:
(A) The director of finance or the director’s designee;
(B) The director of transportation or the director’s designee;
(C) The director of business, economic development, and tourism or the director’s designee;
(D) The director of planning and permitting for the county in which the Heeia community development district is located or the director’s designee;
(E) The cultural specialist;
(F) The two at-large members; and
(G) The two representatives of the Heeia community development district;
(2) For matters affecting the Kalaeloa community development district, the following members shall be considered in determining quorum and majority and shall be eligible to vote:
(A) The director of finance or the director’s designee;
(B) The director of transportation or the director’s designee;
(C) The director of business, economic development, and tourism or the director’s designee;
(D) The director of planning and permitting for the county in which the Kalaeloa community development district is located or the director’s designee;
(E) The cultural specialist;
(F) The two at-large members; and
(G) The two representatives of the Kalaeloa community development district;
(3) For matters affecting the Kakaako community development district, the following members shall be considered in determining quorum and majority and shall be eligible to vote:
(A) The director of finance or the director’s designee;
(B) The director of transportation or the director’s designee;
(C) The director of business, economic development, and tourism or the director’s designee;
(D) The director of planning and permitting for the county in which the Kakaako community development district is located or the director’s designee;
(E) The cultural specialist;
(F) The two at-large members; and
(G) The two representatives of the Kakaako community development district;
and
(4) For matters affecting the Pulehunui community development district, the following members shall be considered in determining quorum and majority and shall be eligible to vote:
(A) The director of finance or the director’s designee;
(B) The director of transportation or the director’s designee;
(C) The director of business, economic development, and tourism or the director’s designee;
(D) The director of planning for the county in which the Pulehunui community development district is located or the director’s designee;
(E) The chairperson of the board of land and natural resources or the chairperson’s designee;
(F) The cultural specialist;
(G) The two at-large members; and
(H) The two representatives of the Pulehunui community development district.
In the event of a vacancy, a member shall be appointed to fill the vacancy in the same manner as the original appointment within thirty days of the vacancy or within ten days of the senate’s rejection of a previous appointment, as applicable.
The terms of the director of finance; director of transportation; county directors of planning and permitting ; director of business, economic development, and tourism; and chairperson of the board of land and natural resources; or their respective designees shall run concurrently with each official’s term of office. The terms of the appointed voting members shall be for four years, commencing on July1 and expiring on June30. The governor shall provide for staggered terms of the initially appointed voting members so that the initial terms of four members selected by lot shall be for two years, the initial terms of four members selected by lot shall be for three years, and the initial terms of the remaining three members shall be for four years.
The governor may remove or suspend for cause any member after due notice and public hearing.
Notwithstanding section 92-15, a majority of all eligible voting members as specified in this subsection shall constitute a quorum to do business, and the concurrence of a majority of all eligible voting members as specified in this subsection shall be necessary to make any action of the authority valid. All members shall continue in office until their respective successors have been appointed and qualified. Except as herein provided, no member appointed under this subsection shall be an officer or employee of the State or its political subdivisions.
For purposes of this section, “small business” means a business that is independently owned and that is not dominant in its field of operation.
(c) The authority shall appoint the executive director who shall be the chief executive officer. The authority shall set the salary of the executive director, who shall serve at the pleasure of the authority and shall be exempt from chapter 76.
(d) The authority shall annually elect the chairperson and vice chairperson from among its members.
(e) The members of the authority appointed under subsection (b) shall serve without compensation, but each shall be reimbursed for expenses, including travel expenses, incurred in the performance of their duties.
