Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes counties to enact zoning ordinances that clarifies the counties' authority to regulate the time, place, manner, and duration in which uses of land and structures may take place in the state of Hawaii.

Highlights:

• Authorizes counties in the state of Hawaii to enact zoning ordinances on transient vacation rental units (Sec. 1).

• Defines “transient vacation rental units” as short-term vacation rental companies such as Airbnb and Vrbo and determine land uses in their communities (Sec. 2).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the governor (Sec 3).

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