STAND. COM. REP. NO.  83-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1568

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1568 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING CREDITS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to extend to June 30, 2018, the period in which counties must issue affordable housing credits to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) for existing and future projects pursuant to Act 98, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012.

 

     Several individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu provided testimony in opposition to this measure.  DHHL provided comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Making the DHHL affordable housing credits permanent instead of extending the sunset date of Act 98, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, to June 30, 2018;

 

     (2)  Making conforming amendments to Act 141, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, because this Act also references the same sunset date for DHHL's affordable housing credits;

 

     (3)  Changing its effective date to become effective upon approval; and

 

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1568, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1568, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Housing.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs,

 

 

 

 

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FAYE P. HANOHANO, Chair