STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1254

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 117

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 117, 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 promote the development of affordable housing in West Maui by allowing affordable housing requirements for certain undeveloped parcels of land in Pu'ukoli'i Village to be established by agreement among the developer, Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii (HCDCH), and the appropriate Maui county agency. In addition, this bill establishes that the affordable housing requirement shall include housing that is affordable to households earning up to 100 percent of the county median income.

Ka'anapali Development Corp., supported this bill and suggested amendments. HCDCH supported the intent of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to promote further discussion; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 117, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 117, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair