Hawaii · statute · Haw. Rev. Stat. ch. 209 · 21 active provisions
As used in this chapter: "Board" means the board of land and natural resources. "Commodity" means any good or service necessary for the health, safety, and welfare of the people of Hawaii; provided that this term shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Materials; (2) Merchandise; (3) Supplies; (4) Equipment; (5) Reso…
(a) After any sudden and extraordinary event that causes losses and suffering, the governor shall make a determination as to whether a state disaster has occurred and thereafter may declare a state disaster for the entire State or any portion thereof. In making this determination, the governor shall consider whether th…
Whenever the governor declares a state disaster all executive heads of departments and all county and city and county agencies shall: (1) Release personnel temporarily from their respective departments or agencies to work as needed under the direction of the rehabilitation coordinator; (2) Expedite the granting of reha…
The disaster relief and rehabilitation authorized by this chapter shall be administered by a rehabilitation coordinator who shall be appointed by the governor and shall be directly responsible to the governor. The coordinator shall be chosen from the staff of any state, county, or city and county agency and shall be re…
The rehabilitation coordinator shall: (1) Provide for the official contact between the State and persons affected by the state disaster; (2) Make available to persons affected by the state disaster information on all state rehabilitation programs; (3) Aid all persons affected by the state disaster in securing assistanc…
This chapter is not intended, nor shall it be construed in any manner, to conflict with or assume the responsibility of the American National Red Cross, any agency of the federal government, the Salvation Army, or the emergency management activities of the state department of defense.
[(a)] The governor shall set a date after which no further applications for assistance under this chapter shall be received and may thereafter for good cause extend the date for a reasonable period of time. If no date is set by the governor, no application shall be received six months after the issuance of the governor…
In determining the eligibility of each person for every manner of assistance provided for in this chapter, the administering authorities shall consider every other type of assistance granted under the authority of this chapter, by any agency of the federal government, by the American National Red Cross, the Salvation A…
When the governor has declared that a disaster has occurred for any portion of the State, pursuant to section 209-2, which results in damage to an agricultural water system that necessitates the temporary use of electrical power or backup generators to pump ground water for irrigation until the system can be repaired,…
(a) Whenever the governor pursuant to section 209-2 declares a state disaster, the governor may invoke this part. After the declaration by the governor and pursuant to the governor's proclamation, the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation shall construct, manage, and operate housing units on public lands w…
The funds allocated to this part shall be expended by the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation only upon the finding that the housing project found necessary does not qualify for federal aid or participation.
(a) Except as otherwise provided, the director of business, economic development, and tourism is designated as the administrator responsible for the administration of this part. The director shall: (1) Administer loans for the purpose and according to this part; and (2) Adopt rules to carry out the purposes of this par…
The director of business, economic development, and tourism may make two types of loans: (1) Loans in participation with private financial institutions to be known as participating loans; and (2) Loans wholly from state funds to be known as direct loans. The director may negotiate contracts with private financial insti…
(a) Commercial loans may be made for the following purposes: to purchase inventory, equipment, and machinery; to construct, repair, or restore buildings; to provide operating funds; and to refinance outstanding business loans on equipment and buildings; provided that the loans shall be used to rehabilitate the business…
Loans may be made to individuals, partnerships, corporations, cooperatives, or other business associations, but only if the applicant: (1) Suffered loss of or damage to property in a rehabilitation area as a result of a state disaster; (2) For a commercial loan, had operated an industrial, manufacturing, processing, wh…
(a) No loan shall include any portion or item of loss covered by a contract of insurance or for which the applicant receives assistance from any other federal, state, or county program of disaster relief, and the amount of loans to any one applicant shall in no case exceed $75,000 for a commercial loan and $35,000 for…
Security for any loan when not available is not required, however, whenever property other than personal property and inventory, is purchased with the loan funds, a mortgage or pledge of such property shall be required as security for the loan. The director of business, economic development, and tourism may, in the dir…
Every applicant who is granted a loan under the provisions of this part shall: (1) Expend the loan funds only for those purposes authorized by the director of business, economic development, and tourism; (2) Agree not to sell or otherwise dispose of mortgaged or pledged property except on written consent of the directo…
If the applicant is in default of any term or condition in any loan agreement or mortgage or the provisions of this part, the unpaid balance of the loan, including interest, shall, at the option of the director of business, economic development, and tourism, become due and payable forthwith, and the director may forecl…
(a) There is established the state disaster revolving loan fund into which shall be deposited all moneys appropriated by the legislature to the fund, contributed or transferred to the fund, and received as repayment of loans and interest payments as provided in this part, and from which the director of business, econom…
Whenever the governor declares a state disaster and invokes the provisions of this part as provided in section 209-2, the maximum total benefits in a benefit year as appearing in column D of section 383-22 for each high quarter wage scale shall be increased by adding the product of thirteen multiplied by the basic week…