STAND. COM. REP. NO.  663

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 928

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 928 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to exempt the development of affordable housing projects developed in the urban core by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC) from environmental assessment and environmental impact statement requirements.

 

     The Department of the Attorney General, HHFDC, Office of Environmental Quality Control, The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, Building Industry Association of Hawaii, Hawaii Construction Alliance, and an individual commented on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Amending the definition of "urban core"; and

 

(2)  Changing its effective date to take effect upon a date to be determined to facilitate further discussion on this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 928, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 928, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committees on Energy & Environmental Protection and Water & Land.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Housing,

 

 

 

 

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TOM BROWER, Chair