STAND. COM. REP. NO.  906

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1364

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1364, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE RENT SUPPLEMENT PROGRAM,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to expand participation in the State Rent Supplement Program (Program) by:

 

     (1)  Requiring the Hawaii Public Housing Authority (HPHA) to allow individuals and families living in transitional shelters, who are homeless or on the public housing or Section 8 wait lists, to be eligible for the Program wait list; and

 

     (2)  Removing the $160 per month cap on payments and requiring the Program to serve individuals with incomes up to 70 percent of the area median income.

 

     HPHA, the Hawaii Family Forum, Roman Catholic Church in the State of Hawaii, Catholic Charities Hawaii, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to January 1, 2020, 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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1364, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1364, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair