STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1429

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.R. No. 68

      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.R. No. 68 entitled:

 

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY TO DOCUMENT VIOLATIONS OF THE PROHIBITION ON SMOKING IN AND AROUND PUBLIC HOUSING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Hawaii Public Housing Authority (HPHA) to:

 

(1)  Document violations of the prohibitions in section 356D-6.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which relates to prohibition on smoking in and around public housing and state low-income housing projects; and

 

(2)  Permanently retain the documentation in a resident's record for HPHA to consider when it evaluates whether to continue any existing lease agreement or to enter into any new lease agreement with the resident.

 

     An individual testified in support of this measure.  HPHA opposed this measure.

 

Upon careful consideration, your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Changing its title to read:  "REQUESTING THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY TO CONTINUE TO DOCUMENT VIOLATIONS OF THE PROHIBITION ON SMOKING IN AND AROUND PUBLIC HOUSING";

 

(2)  Requesting that HPHA continue to document smoking violations of its tenants and requests;

 

(3)  Deleting language that tenant smoking violations should be factored into HPHA decisions granting or denying lease extensions or entering into new lease agreements with tenants who violate the smoking prohibition; and

 

(4)  Requesting HPHA to retain documentation of tenant smoking violations in a resident's record on a nonpermanent basis, to comply with HPHA rules.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 68, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Judiciary in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 68, H.D. 1.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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TOM BROWER, Chair