STAND. COM. REP. NO. 402

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 29

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

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. 29, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE IX, SECTION 6, OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION, TO REQUIRE THE STATE AND ITS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS TO PLAN TO PRODUCE ENOUGH HOUSING TO MEET DEMAND IN THEIR MANAGEMENT OF POPULATION GROWTH,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to propose an amendment to Article IX, section 6, of the Hawaii State Constitution to require the State and its political subdivisions to plan to produce enough housing to meet demand.

 

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from Faith Action Housing NOW!, Maui Chamber of Commerce, Imua Alliance, and one individual.

 

     Your Committee finds that housing is a basic necessity and a foundation for stable families and strong communities, and that planning for the production of enough housing to meet demand should therefore be prioritized in the population growth management activities of the State and its political subdivisions.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Clarifying that the management of population growth by the State and its political subdivisions shall include:

 

          (A)  Planning for the production of enough housing to meet demand; and

 

          (B)  Striving to ensure that housing production is sufficient to meet planned demand;

 

     (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. 29, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 29, S.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair