CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 90-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2014

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1539

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir and Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1539, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY'S ADMINISTRATION OF THE HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

The purpose of this measure is to provide fair opportunities for people on the waiting list to receive Housing Choice Voucher Program (Program) vouchers by requiring the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to automatically terminate the vouchers upon the death or removal from assistance of the last household member, or when the surviving minor of the last household member reaches the age of 21 or 23 if the minor is a full-time student.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Specifying that the voucher shall be automatically returned to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority upon the death or removal from assistance of the last original household member;

 

(2)  Requiring legal guardians who care for minors in the household to be eligible for participation in the Program in order to be added to the household for Program purposes; and

 

(3)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2014.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1539, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1539, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

 

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MARK J. HASHEM, Co-Chair

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MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Co-Chair

 

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JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Co-Chair