Hawaii HB1979 modifies environmental review timelines and procedures for affordable housing and clean energy projects.

Hawaii HB1979 amends the state's environmental review process for affordable housing and clean energy projects. It sets specific timelines for initiating judicial proceedings related to these projects, including a thirty-day window for actions started without formal agency determination and a one hundred twenty-day window for actions requiring a formal decision. The bill also designates the Supreme Court as having original jurisdiction over such proceedings and prohibits the court from awarding attorneys' fees in these cases.

Hawaii HB1979 modifies environmental review timelines and procedures for affordable housing and clean energy projects.

Hawaii HB1979 amends the state's environmental review process for affordable housing and clean energy projects. It sets specific timelines for initiating judicial proceedings related to these projects, including a thirty-day window for actions started without formal agency determination and a one hundred twenty-day window for actions requiring a formal decision. The bill also designates the Supreme Court as having original jurisdiction over such proceedings and prohibits the court from awarding attorneys' fees in these cases.