CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 72

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2015

 

RE:    H.B. No. 142

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

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. 142, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

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

 

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 bill is to amend the requirements for issuing affordable housing credits for housing units developed by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands by:

 

(1)  Authorizing the issuance of additional credits for eligible housing units as provided by adopted county ordinances, rules, or memoranda of agreement;

 

(2)  Requiring that twenty-five percent of the revenue from any credits transferred by the Department be used by the Department to develop rental properties;

 

(3)  Permitting the Department to enter into a memorandum of agreement with each issuing county to establish, modify, or clarify the conditions for the issuance, transfer, and redemption of affordable housing credits in accordance with county affordable housing ordinances or rules;

 

(4)  Requiring at least half of the affordable housing credits issued by the City and County of Honolulu to the Department to be subject to a memorandum of agreement; and

 

(5)  Making permanent Act 141, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, and Act 98, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, that established the counties' authority to issue affordable housing credits for housing developed by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Clarifying that twenty-five percent of any monetary proceeds from credits transferred by the Department shall be used to develop units for rental properties;

 

(2)  Specifying that only the County of Kauai and the City and County of Honolulu may enter into memoranda of agreement with the Department;

 

(3)  Extending the sunset dates for Act 141, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, and Act 98, Session Laws of Hawaii 2012, to July 1, 2019, instead of repealing the sunset dates; and

 

     (4)  Changing the effective date to June 29, 2015.

 

     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. 142, 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. 142, 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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MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO, Chair

 

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MARK J. HASHEM, Co-Chair

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WILL ESPERO, Co-Chair

 

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KANIELA ING, Co-Chair

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Co-Chair

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Co-Chair

 

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RONALD D. KOUCHI, Co-Chair