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.B. NO. <br />A BILL FOR AN ACT <br />RELATING TO HOUSING. <br />BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII: <br />1 SECTION 1. The forty-five day window for a <br />2 legislative body to approve, approve with modification, or <br />3 disapprove an affordable housing project is too short to have a <br />4 meaningful discussion of the project. Allowing ninety days will <br />5 provide an expedited review while allowing the legislative body <br />6 to do its due diligence in evaluating a project. <br />7 SECTION 2. Section 201H-38, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is <br />8 amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: <br />9 "(a) The corporation may develop on behalf of the State or <br />l0 with an eligible developer, or may assist under a government <br />l1 assistance program in the development of, housing projects that <br />12 shall be exempt from all statutes, ordinances, charter <br />13 provisions, and rules of any government agency relating to <br />14 planning, zoning, construction standards for subdivisions, <br />15 development and improvement of land, and the construction of <br />16 dwelling units thereon; provided that: <br />07-241 a <br />