§53-22  Governmental advances, donations,and other appropriations.  (a)  The governor shall submit to thelegislature at each regular session in an odd-numbered year, estimates of theamount reasonably required in the governor's judgment for administrativeexpenses and overhead of agencies concerned with the administration of thispart, together with other amounts deemed necessary by the governor for statecontributions for redevelopment projects, for the succeeding fiscal biennium,so that the legislature may make appropriations therefor if it deems the actionadvisable.

(b)  Any county within which a redevelopmentproject is located or is about to be located may from time to time make loans,donations, or advances to the local redevelopment agency of such sums as in itsdiscretion it may determine, the loans, advances, or donations to be made forthe purpose of aiding or cooperating in the prosecution of the redevelopmentproject.  The local agency, when it has money available therefor, shallreimburse the county for all advances made by way of a loan to it.  For thepurpose of raising funds for donation to an agency, any county within which aredevelopment project is located may issue and sell its bonds.  Any bonds to beissued by the county pursuant to this section shall be issued in the manner andwithin the limitation prescribed by the laws of the State for the issuance andauthorization of bonds for public purposes generally.

(c)  In order to qualify for the allotment andexpenditure of funds appropriated by the State under this section, for anyredevelopment project or for assistance to a local redevelopment agency, thecounty shall make funds available to the agency in amounts at least equal tothe funds granted or contributed, or to be granted or contributed, by theState.  The council may make funds available for any of the purposes (includingstudies by the planning commission to determine and recommend for redevelopmentblighted areas, and other activities of the planning commission under this part)of this part (whether or not state funds shall be available for any of suchpurposes) out of any moneys in the general fund of the county, and may includenecessary amounts therefor in determining the real property tax rate for thecounty.  The amount which, pursuant to this subsection, is included indetermining the real property tax rate for the county, shall be paid into theredevelopment fund of the county for expenditure by the agency for the purposesof this part.

(d)  All state appropriations made under thissection shall be allocated to the respective redevelopment agencies upon thebasis of actual need therefor, or as otherwise provided by law.

(e)  The governor shall submit to thelegislature at each regular session in an odd-numbered year, estimates of theamount of additional appropriation necessary in the governor's judgment for useby the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation in the succeedingfiscal biennium, in providing living facilities necessary to care for familiesdisplaced or to be displaced by redevelopment projects, so that the legislaturemay make appropriations therefor if it deems the action advisable. [L 1949, c379, §5; am L 1951, c 244, §4; am L 1955, c 271, §1(j); RL 1955, §143-21; am LSp 1957, c 1, §15(b); am L Sp 1959 1st, c 13, §2; am L 1963, c 142, §10 and c193, §39; HRS §53-22; am L 1979, c 105, §8; gen ch 1985; am L 1987, c 337,§5(3); am L 1997, c 350, §14; am L 2005, c 196, §26(b); am L 2006, c 180, §16]