STAND. COM. REP. NO. 653

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 83

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 83 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to permit the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to rent dwelling units or community facilities in public housing projects to nonprofit organizations or government agencies that provide support services.

 

     Your Committee finds that renting facilities in public housing projects to nonprofit organizations or government agencies will enhance the ability of these entities to provide support services to low income or special needs individuals and families.  Your Committee believes that making support services available on site will provide a central and convenient location for these persons to access services that they may not otherwise receive.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Clarifying that rented units may be used for government employees providing resident programs and services;

 

(2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion on the measure; and

 

(3)  Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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. 83, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 83, S.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair