§206E-10.5 - Relocation. - Hawaii Statutes

     §206E-10.5  Relocation.  (a)  Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the authority shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 91 to insure the appropriate relocation within or outside the district of persons, families, and businesses displaced by governmental action within the district.  The rules may include, but are not limited to, the establishment and operation of a central relocation office; relocation payments for actual moving costs; fixed payments for losses suffered; payments for replacement housing or business locations; relocation payments and loans to displaced businesses for certain costs related to the re-establishment of their business operations; and other similar relocation matters.

     (b)  The authority shall provide relocation assistance to persons, families, and businesses within the district that are displaced by private action; provided that such assistance shall not include any form of direct monetary payments except that the authority may make relocation loans to displaced businesses in accordance with rules adopted by the authority for the purposes of this section.  Temporary relocation facilities within or outside the district may be made available to displacees; provided that those displaced by government action shall be afforded priority to the facilities. [L 1982, c 228, §3; am L 1984, c 21, §2; am L 1990, c 86, §10]