STAND. COM. REP. NO. 922

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 1217

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 Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1217 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to limit the application of section 201G-118, Hawaii Revised Statutes, that exempts certain housing developments from state and county regulations, to lower-cost housing projects. Lower-cost housing projects are defined as residential housing projects in which all of the dwelling units are to be provided to persons or families whose incomes are 140 percent or less of the area median income as determined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The Pacific Housing Assistance Corporation testified in support of this measure. A member of the Honolulu City Council supported the intent of this bill. The Housing and Community Development Corporation, Hawaii County Office of Housing and Community Development, City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting, Life of the Land, and several concerned individuals opposed this measure. The City and County of Honolulu Department of Community Services provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2010, to encourage further discussion; and

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

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. 1217, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1217, H.D. 1.

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

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair