STAND. COM. REP. NO.  880-08

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2797

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2797 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE KALOKO HOUSING PROGRAM,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to support the development of a homeless shelter in West Hawaii by appropriating $12,000,000 for the design, planning, and construction of the Kaloko Housing Program.

 

     The Hawaii Public Housing Authority, Mayor of the Island of Hawaii, County of Hawaii Office of Housing and Community Development, Hawaii County Council, an individual member of the Hawaii County Council, County of Maui Department of Housing and Human Concerns, Hawaii Family Forum, Hawaii Catholic Conference, Kawaihae Transitional Housing Program, Arc of Kona, Catholic Charities Hawaii, Community Alliance Partners, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020.

 

     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 H.B. No. 2797, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2797, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair