Bill > HB989

This bill updates Hawaii's laws regarding the filing and recording of land plans, making several key changes to streamline and modernize the process. The bill removes the requirement for a letter from a licensed professional surveyor certifying the conformity of metes and bounds descriptions with plat maps when filing documents with the registrar. It shifts the fee structure for checking surveys and plans from a fixed hourly rate to a fee determined by rules adopted by the Department of Accounting and General Services. The bill also expands the permissible formats for plans, moving away from the traditional tracing cloth to a broader "tangible medium" that must be approved by the department. Additionally, it updates the acceptable drawing scales for plans, adding 60 and 600 feet to the inch to the existing options and removing some larger scale options. The bill provides more flexibility for the department in handling plan submissions, such as allowing non-contiguous parcels on the same plan in certain circumstances, and streamlines the process for creating new copies of old maps when original tracings become difficult to reproduce. These changes aim to make the land plan filing process more efficient and adaptable to modern technologies and surveying practices.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Budget and Finance, Labor and Employment

https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=989&year=2026