§53-53  Powers with respect to urbanrenewal.  A redevelopment agency shall have all the powers necessary orconvenient to undertake and carry out all urban renewal plans and urban renewalprojects, including the authority to acquire and dispose of property, to issuebonds and other obligations, to borrow and accept grants from the federalgovernment or any other source, and to exercise the other powers which thischapter confers on an agency with respect to redevelopment projects.  For thepurposes of this part in connection with the planning and undertaking of anyurban renewal plan or urban renewal project, the agency, the county, and allpublic and private officers, agencies, and bodies shall have all the rights,powers, privileges, and immunities which they have with respect to aredevelopment plan or redevelopment project, in the same manner as though allof the provisions of part I of this chapter applicable to a redevelopment planor redevelopment project were therein expressly made applicable to an urbanrenewal plan or urban renewal project; and for such purposes as used in part Iand in this part elsewhere than in this section, except where the contextclearly indicates such meaning to be inappropriate or as otherwise expresslyprovided in this section:

(1)  The word "redevelopment" (elsewherethan in section 53-1) means "urban renewal";

(2)  The word "slum" and the word"blighted" (elsewhere than in section 53-1) mean "blighted,deteriorated, or deteriorating";

provided (A) that nothing in this part shall bedeemed to change the meaning of the terms "local redevelopmentagency" or "agency," or the corporate name of any localredevelopment agency; and (B) that the finding by the council that the projectarea is a blighted area prescribed by section 53-6 shall not be required.

In addition to the surveys and plans which anagency otherwise may make, an agency may make (1) plans for carrying out aprogram of voluntary repair and rehabilitation of buildings and improvements,and (2) plans for the enforcement of laws, codes, and regulations relating tothe use of land and the use and occupancy of buildings and improvements, and tothe compulsory repair, rehabilitation, demolition, or removal of buildings andimprovements.  The agency may develop, test, and report methods and techniques,and carry out demonstrations and other activities, for the prevention and theelimination of slums and other urban blight. [L 1955, c 271, pt of §1; RL 1955,§143-53; HRS §53-53; am L 1999, c 18, §2]

 

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  For definition of "agency, the county" insubsection (a), see §53-83(17).