STAND. COM. REP. NO.1068-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.C.R. No. 41

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Human Services and Housing, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 41 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS TO STUDY AND DEVELOP LEGISLATION FOR THE REGULATION OF MANUFACTURED HOUSING IN HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) to develop legislation for the regulation of manufactured housing based on federal standards.

DCCA and Quality Homes of the Pacific, LLC, testified in support of this measure with amendments.

Your Committee finds that manufactured housing is a relatively new industry in Hawaii and there is concern about the associated integrity and workmanship. Your Committee further finds that it may be advantageous for the State to create a State Administrative Agency to regulate manufactured housing on the state level, rather than federal.

Accordingly, your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution by:

(1) Changing the title to read: "REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO STUDY MANUFACTURED HOUSING IN HAWAII AND TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE STATE OF HAWAII SHOULD BECOME THE STATE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY AND THE IN PLANT INSPECTION AGENT";

(2) Requesting the Auditor to conduct the study instead of DCCA;

(3) Requesting the study to include an investigation on whether the State should become the State Administrative Agency and the In Plan Inspection Agency instead of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; and

(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.

 

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services and Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 41, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 41, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services and Housing,

 

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MICHAEL P. KAHIKINA, Chair