STAND. COM. REP. NO. 839-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 2368

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2368, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to find ways to improve the public housing eviction process by:

(1) Making permanent the expedited eviction process established in Act 227, Session Laws of Hawaii 2002 (SLH 2002); and

(2) Maintaining the eviction process that was in place prior to the enactment of Act 227, SLH 2002, for households with tenants who are disabled, over the age of 65, or have minor dependent children.

The Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii and several concerned individuals submitted comments on this bill.

Your Committee has serious concerns and grave reservations concerning this measure but is moving the bill along in the legislative process for continued discussion.

 

Accordingly, your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2096, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2368, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2368, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair