STAND. COM. REP. NO. 857

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                

 

RE:    S.B. No. 12

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 12 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Hawaii Public Housing Authority and Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to accomplish certain housing objectives.

 

     Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation and Hawaii Public Housing Authority.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure will help further the development of critically needed mixed-income communities and affordable housing units throughout the State.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing section 1 of the measure to amend only subsection (b) of section 226-19, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to conform with recommended drafting conventions;

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

 

     (3)  Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 12, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 12, S.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair