Except as otherwise limited by this part, with respect to the development, construction, and improvement of infrastructure within the districts, the board may:

(1) Establish and administer districts and programs;

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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 206E-245

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Board: means the transit-oriented development infrastructure improvement district board. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 206E-242
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • District: means the transit-oriented development infrastructure improvement district within each county-designated transit-oriented development zone, or within a one-half mile radius of a proposed or existing transit station if the county has not designated transit-oriented development zones, as determined by the board. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 206E-242
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Project: means a specific work or improvement, including real and personal properties, or any interest therein, acquired, owned, constructed, reconstructed, rehabilitated, or improved by the authority, including a commercial project, a redevelopment project, or a residential project, all as defined as follows, or any combination thereof, which combination shall hereinafter be called and known as a "multipurpose project". See Hawaii Revised Statutes 206E-2
  • Public agency: means any office, department, board, commission, bureau, division, public corporation agency, or instrumentality of the federal, state, or county government. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 206E-2
(2) Make and execute contracts and all other instruments necessary or convenient for the exercise of its powers and functions under this part;
(3) Prepare or cause to be prepared an infrastructure improvement plan for the district;
(4) Acquire, reacquire, or contract to acquire or reacquire, by grant or purchase, real, personal, or mixed property, or any interest therein, and own, hold, clear, improve, rehabilitate, sell, assign, exchange, transfer, convey, lease, or otherwise dispose of or encumber the same;
(5) Acquire or reacquire by condemnation real, personal, or mixed property, or any interest therein, for infrastructure improvement;
(6) By itself or in partnership with qualified persons, acquire, reacquire, construct, reconstruct, rehabilitate, improve, alter, or repair or provide for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, alteration, or repair of any infrastructure and own, hold, sell, assign, transfer, convey, exchange, lease, or otherwise dispose of or encumber any infrastructure improvement;
(7) Arrange or contract for the planning, replanning, opening, grading, or closing of streets, roads, roadways, alleys, or other places, or the furnishing of facilities, or for the acquisition of property or property rights, or for the furnishing of property or services in connection with an infrastructure improvement project;
(8) Prepare or cause to be prepared plans, specifications, designs, and estimates of costs for the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, alteration, or repair of any infrastructure improvement project, and, from to time, modify the plans, specifications, designs, or estimates of any infrastructure improvement project;
(9) Provide advisory, consultative, training, and educational services; technical assistance; and advice to any person, partnership, or corporation, either public or private, to carry out the purposes of this part, and engage the services of consultants on a contractual basis for rendering professional and technical assistance and advice;
(10) Procure insurance against any loss in connection with its property and other assets and operations in amounts and from insurers as it deems desirable;
(11) Contract for and accept gifts or grants in any form from any public agency or from any other source; and
(12) Do any and all things necessary to carry out its purposes and exercise the powers given and granted in this part.