SB 3288: DLNR; Country Club Apartment Building; Appropriation
- Session Year: 2025-2026
- House: Senate
- Latest Version Date: 2026-02-19
Current Status:
Failed
(2026-02-20: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.)
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What does this bill do?
The bill provides money to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to demolish and remove the Country Club Apartment Building and related structures and utilities at 121 Banyan Drive in Hilo. It also requires the department to grade the site, plant grass or sod, and perform other necessary work to clear the parcel.
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Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to demolish and remove the Country Club Apartment Building and related structures and utilities located at 121 Banyan Drive, Hilo, Hawaii, on the parcel designated as tax map key: (3) 2-1-005:020. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Appropriates moneys to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to demolish and remove the Country Club Apartment Building and related structures and utilities located at 121 Banyan Drive, Hilo, Hawaii, on the parcel designated as Tax Map Key: (3) 2-1-005:020.
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE COUNTRY CLUB APARTMENT BUILDING, HILO, HAWAII.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
(1) Demolish and remove the country club apartment building and related structures and utilities located at 121 Banyan Drive, Hilo, Hawaii, on the parcel designated as tax map key: (3) 2-1-005:020;
(2) Grade the site, plant grass, and sod following the demolition and removal; and
(3) Perform any other necessary work relating to the demolition and removal of the country club apartment building and related structures and utilities.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of land and natural resources for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
DLNR; Country Club Apartment Building; Appropriation
Description:
Appropriates funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to demolish and remove the Country Club Apartment Building and related structures and utilities located at 121 Banyan Drive, Hilo, Hawaii, on the parcel designated as tax map key: (3) 2-1-005:020. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to the country club apartment building, hilo, hawaii.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
(1) Demolish and remove the country club apartment building and related structures and utilities located at 121 Banyan Drive, Hilo, Hawaii, on the parcel designated as Tax Map key: (3) 2-1-005:020;
(2) Grade the site and plant grass and sod following the demolition and removal; and
(3) Perform any other necessary work relating to the demolition and removal of the country club apartment building and related structures and utilities.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of land and natural resources for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 2. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2026.
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Report Title:
DLNR; Country Club Apartment Building; Appropriation
Description:
Appropriates moneys to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to demolish and remove the Country Club Apartment Building and related structures and utilities located at 121 Banyan Drive, Hilo, Hawaii, on the parcel designated as Tax Map Key: (3) 2-1-005:020.
The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
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| Feb 20, 2026 | Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| Feb 20, 2026 | Reported from WLA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2525) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM. |
| Feb 13, 2026 | The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WLA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Lamosao, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Chang. |
| Feb 10, 2026 | The committee(s) on WLA has rescheduled its public hearing to 02-13-26 1:01PM; CR 224 & Videoconference. |
| Feb 8, 2026 | The committee(s) on WLA deleted the measure from the public hearing scheduled on 02-09-26 1:00PM; CR 224 & Videoconference. |
| Feb 6, 2026 | The committee(s) on WLA has scheduled a public hearing on 02-09-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference. |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Referred to WLA, WAM. |
| Jan 30, 2026 | Passed First Reading. |
| Jan 30, 2026 | Introduced. |
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| Feb 13, 2026 | The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS | Senate Standing Committee on Water, Land, Culture and the Arts |
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Positions by individuals are not included.
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| Department of Land and Natural Resources | ** Support | |
| Hawaii Community Development Authority | ** Support | |
| Hawai‘i Community Development Authority | *** Support | Feb 13, 2026 |
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2525
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 3288
S.D. 1
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2026
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Water, Land, Culture and the Arts, to which was referred S.B. No. 3288 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE COUNTRY CLUB APARTMENT BUILDING, HILO, HAWAII,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to demolish and remove the Country Club Apartment Building and related structures and utilities located at 121 Banyan Drive, Hilo Hawaii, on the parcel designated as tax map key: (3) 2-1-005:020.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Hawaii Community Development Authority, and one individual.
Your Committee finds that the Hawaii Community Development Authority is currently preparing a community master plan for the Waiakea area in Hilo, known as Banyan Drive. To repurpose the land for future public uses that include a cultural center and other community improvements, it is critical that the State acquire and reposition key parcels of land. The Country Club Apartment Building sits on a key parcel and its removal will support improved site conditions and better opportunities for revitalization consistent with the master plan. This measure will appropriate funds to the Department of Land and Natural Resources to purchase the parcel on which the Country Club Apartment Buildings sit to support the redevelopment of underutilized lands and optimize public land assets for the benefit of the community.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the appropriation amount from $15,000,000 to an unspecified amount, to encourage further discussion;
(2) Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3288, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3288, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, Culture and the Arts,
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________________________________ CHRIS LEE, Chair |
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| Feb 13, 2026 | SB3288_TESTIMONY_WLA_02-13-26_.PDF |
Discussed in Hearing
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Senate Standing Committee on Water, Land, Culture and the Arts
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Senate Standing Committee on Water, Land, Culture and the Arts
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