STAND. COM. REP. NO.  999

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 832

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 832 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to protect Del Monte employees and retirees from losing their homes by:

 

     (1)  Directing the Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS) Land Survey Division to determine the boundaries of the Kunia Plantation Camp; and

 

     (2)  Appropriating funds for the purchase of the Kunia Plantation Camp from Campbell Estate to allow the present occupants to purchase their homes.

 

     The ILWU Local 142 testified in support of this bill.  DAGS opposed this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, 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. 832, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 832, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair