STAND. COM. REP. NO.  133-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2286

      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. 2286 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to make permanent the requirement that the counties issue affordable housing credits for each residential unit developed by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.

 

     The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Aupuni O Hawaii, and an individual provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu and Kauai County Housing Agency provided testimony in opposition to this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Allowing the requirement for county issuance of affordable housing credits for units developed on Hawaiian homelands to continue for five more years with a sunset date of June 30, 2019, instead of making the provisions permanent; and

 

     (2)  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. 2286, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2286, 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