STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2816

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2090

S.D. 2

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2090, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish legislative oversight, review, and approval of the Hawaii community development authority's master planning functions and development of community development districts prior to the expenditure of public funds on development district infrastructure.

Specifically, this bill requires the Hawaii community development authority to adopt community and public notice procedures, including posting of the authority's proposed development plans, notices, and minutes on the authority's website. The authority is also required to hold a separate public hearing for decision making and post notice for the hearing. In connection with designation of community development districts and community development plans, the authority is required to submit to the legislature, rather than the governor, a proposed concurrent resolution summarizing the community development plan and recommending its adoption. The bill authorizes the approval of the plan on passage of the concurrent resolution by both houses of the legislature.

The bill applies the same procedure, i.e. submission by the authority of a proposed concurrent resolution and adoption of the concurrent resolution by both houses of the legislature, to approve amendments to a proposed community development plan. Finally, the bill prohibits the expenditure of any moneys from revolving funds under the Hawaii community development authority to initiate new infrastructure projects without specific appropriation by the legislature.

Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this measure by making a technical nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2090, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2090, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair