STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2953

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2568

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations, to which was referred H.B. No. 2568, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to enhance the Hawaii Public Housing Authority Board of Directors' (Board) ability to deal with business in a timely manner by reducing the quorum requirement for the Board from seven to six members.

 

     Written comments in support of the measure were submitted by two state agencies.  Written comments presented to your Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that the current requirement that seven of the eleven members of the Board be present to conduct business has hindered the efficient operation of the Board, particularly as Board members must come from each county to attend meetings.  Your Committee also notes that other state boards, including the Board of the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, the Board of Education, and Board of Land and Natural Resources, require only a simple majority to conduct business.  As such, this change will align the Board's quorum requirement with that of other state boards.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2568, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations,

 

 

 

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair