Office of the Governor – News Release – Gov. Green Extends Emergency Proclamation on Wildfires
Posted on Nov 6, 2023 in Latest Department News, Newsroom, Office of the Governor Press Releases
JOSH GREEN, M.D.
GOVERNOR
KE KIAʻĀINA
GOVERNOR GREEN EXTENDS EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION ON WILDFIRES
Amendments to help support survivors with housing and recovery
FOR IMMEDIATE RELESE
November 6, 2023
HONOLULU — Governor Josh Green, M.D., today signed the Eighth Emergency Proclamation on Wildfires (EP) to continue state support for the recovery of the people of Maui.
Key amendments to the EP will:
- Enhance housing opportunities for displaced Maui residents by allowing condominium owners and associations to exceed time limits in governing documents.
- Encourage hotels, motels, and condominiums to make units available for the housing of those displaced by the wildfires by exempting such housing agreements from landlord-tenant statutes unless specified in a tenancy agreement.
- Ease the burden of wildfire survivors who need to obtain records and evidence of identity, property, and individual rights from the State Archives Division, by waiving fees for copying, certifying, and other services.
- Allow liquor licensees of premises that are no longer in operation due to the wildfires to transfer their operations to a new premises within the County of Maui under temporary licenses or permits, provided that the licensees and their operations were in compliance with liquor laws before August 8, 2023.
- Remove dairy and non-dairy milk, ice, and rentals of motor vehicles from the list of commodities subject to a prohibition against price increases on the island of Maui.
The renewed EP will be in effect through January 5, 2024, unless terminated or superseded by separate proclamation, whichever shall occur first.
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Media Contacts:
Erika Engle
Press Secretary
Office of the Governor, State of Hawai‘i
Phone: 808-586-0120
Email: [email protected]
Mia Noguchi
Deputy Director of Communications
Office of the Governor, State of Hawai‘i
Phone: 808-586-0080
Email: [email protected]