HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2005

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE

Rep. Dwight Y. Takamine, Chair

Rep. Bertha C. Kawakami, Vice Chair

Rep. Mele Carroll

Rep. Clift Tsuji

Rep. Pono Chong

Rep. Glenn Wakai

Rep. Cindy Evans

Rep. Ryan I. Yamane

Rep. Jon Riki Karamatsu

Rep. Kyle T. Yamashita

Rep. Marilyn B. Lee

Rep. Galen Fox

Rep. Michael Y. Magaoay

Rep. Colleen Rose Meyer

Rep. Bob Nakasone

Rep. Mark S. Moses

Rep. Scott Y. Nishimoto

Rep. Kymberly N. Pine

Rep. Kameo Tanaka

NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:

MONDAY, February 28, 2005

TIME:

10:00 A.M.

PLACE:

Conference Room 308

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A # 1

HB 1303

HD1

(HSCR536)

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Creates more affordable rental housing. Establishes homeless programs. Allows more individuals to qualify for lower cost housing. Makes administrative changes to various state housing programs. Establishes a legislative Affordable Rental Housing and Homeless Task Force.

HSG/WLO, FIN

HB 1217

(HSCR451)

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Amends section 201G-118 to limit its application to lower cost housing projects; defines lower cost housing projects.

HSG, FIN

HB 1315

(HSCR220)

RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

Exempts affordable housing projects from the GET; streamlines the review and approval of affordable housing projects; increases portion of the conveyance tax dedicated to the rental housing trust fund from 25% to 50%; repeals rental housing trust fund advisory commission.

HSG, FIN

HB 1731

HD1

(HSCR535)

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Requires the Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii to identify public lands suitable for housing projects. 20 percent of homes developed on the lands will be available for qualified Hawaiians. Scheduled for repeal on July 1, 2010.

HSG/WLO, FIN

     

DECISION MAKING TO FOLLOW

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Rep. Dwight Takamine

Chair