STAND. COM. REP. NO.  475-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2241

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Housing and Health & Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 2241 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ECONOMIC SECURITY OF THE ELDERLY,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to require that the disabled accessibility or usability standards for residential dwelling units meet the established standards in the International Building Code and the International Residential Code.

 

     The International Code Council supported this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to January 1, 2050, to promote further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Housing and Health & Human Services that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2241, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2241, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Housing and Health & Human Services,

 

 

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair

 

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TOM BROWER, Chair