STAND. COM. REP. NO.  608

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1549

      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 Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1549, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INCLUSIONARY ZONING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to address affordable housing in the State by prohibiting a county from imposing an inclusionary zoning requirement on housing developments that are offered exclusively for sale to buyers earning 120 percent of the area median income, or less.

 

     The Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, Building Industry Association of Hawaii, Pacific Resource Partnership, and an individual testified in support of the measure.  The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting, Hawaii Habitat for Humanity Association, and Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice testified in opposition.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1549, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair