STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1188-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2473

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2473, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to assist grandparents raising their grandchildren by:

 

     (1)  Allowing grandchildren of elderly housing project residents to temporarily reside with the elderly resident during certain family crisis situations; and

 

     (2)  Granting elderly residents evicted from elderly housing because they allowed grandchildren to live with them during a family crisis, first priority back into elderly housing.

 

     The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hawaii Family Forum, Hawaii Catholic Conference, and several concerned individuals supported this bill.  The Hawaii Public Housing Authority opposed this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 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 S.B. No. 2473, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2473, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair