STAND. COM. REP. NO. 393-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 2235

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs and Human Services and Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 2235 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Require the Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii (HCDCH)to hold a public hearing in the community plan area where a proposed housing project is to be located;

(2) Increase the time for county councils to disapprove a project from 45 to 75 days; and

(3) Give county councils more time to consider amendments to the approved project by not subjecting the amendment process to the 75-day deadline.

The Maui County Council and five of its members and Kaanapali Development Corp. supported this bill. HCDCH, Office of Housing and Community Development of the County of Hawaii, Offices of Community Assistance of the Kauai County Housing Agency, Hawaii Island Community Development Corporation, Pacific Housing Assistance Corporation, and Catholic Charities Elderly Services opposed this measure.

Your Committees have amended this bill by:

(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2010, to facilitate discussion further; and

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

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs and Human Services and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2235, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2235, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs and Human Services and Housing,

 

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MICHAEL PUAMAMO KAHIKINA, Chair

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EZRA R. KANOHO, Chair