STAND. COM. REP. NO. 768-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 1758

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1758, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to amend the provisions relating to the Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii (HCDCH) by:

(1) Requiring that any housing project developed by HCDCH conform to the general plan of the county in which the project is situated;

(2) Allowing the legislative body of that county 75 days instead of 45 days to approve or disapprove these projects; and

(3) Removing the exemption of such projects from zoning and planning requirements.

Four Maui County Council members testified in support of this bill. HCDCH, Offices of Community Assistance of the Kauai County Housing Agency, Office of Housing and Community Development of the County of Hawaii, Hawaii Island Community Development Corporation, and Pacific Housing Assistance Corporation opposed the measure. Kaanapali Development Corporation offered comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments to correct drafting errors.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1758, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1758, H.D. 2.

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

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair