STAND. COM. REP. NO. 535

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 1731

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Housing and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.B. No. 1731 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to require the Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii (HCDCH) to consult with the Department of Land and Natural Resources to identify certain public lands that may be developed, 20 percent of which are to be made available to qualified Hawaiians.

HCDCH provided comments.

HCDCH stated that it supports the concept that Hawaiians be given preference for housing projects developed on public lands, but prefer that the time be limited so that completed units would not have to remain vacant if there are not enough qualified Hawaiian applicants.

Accordingly, your Committees have amended this bill by:

(1) Inserting a repeal date of July 1, 2010; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Housing and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1731, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1731, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Housing and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,

 

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EZRA R. KANOHO, Chair

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MICHAEL P. KAHIKINA, Chair