STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1579-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 3000

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 3000, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to expedite approval and permitting processes for affordable housing projects by, among other things:

(1) Requiring reviewing agencies to respond within 45 days of receipt of an application, or the application will be deemed acceptable as submitted; and

(2) Allowing county councils and the Land Use Commission to approve projects with modifications.

The State of Hawaii Land Use Commission, Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii, and League of Women Voters of Hawaii testified in support of this bill. The Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii and Office of Hawaiian Affairs supported the intent of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing its 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. 3000, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3000, S.D. 2, H.D. 1.

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

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair