STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1475

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1373

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 1373, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY BUDGET,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate or authorize funds for programs and positions of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness and Hawaii Public Housing Authority.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure expresses programs or positions, maximum sums appropriated or authorized, or means of financing indicated for programs of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to be incorporated into the General Appropriations Act of 2019, or other appropriate legislative vehicle, or to be adopted separately.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Inserting language to appropriate or authorize funds from various sources for specific programs, positions, and fringe benefits, as recommended by the Hawaii Public Housing Authority; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     Your Committee requests that if your Committee on Ways and Means passes this measure that it consider incorporating the items in this measure into the appropriate legislative vehicle or amend this measure to include any provisions necessary to effectuate its purpose and intent.

 

     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. 1373, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1373, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

 

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

 

 

 

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STANLEY CHANG, Chair