STAND. COM. REP. NO.  880

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 535

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 535, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOMELESS PROGRAMS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to help address the complex problem of homelessness by authorizing the Department of Human Services, in consultation with the mayors of the applicable counties and public or private homeless assistance programs, to designate in each county, temporary nighttime parking lots to provide safe overnight parking for homeless individuals who live and sleep in their motor vehicles and would otherwise park overnight on public or private roads or property.

 

     Homeless Advocates of Hawaii and numerous concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  The City and County of Honolulu opposed this bill.  The Department of Human Services, Department of Public Safety, and HawaiiUSA Federal Credit Union submitted comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the appropriation for the designation of temporary nighttime parking lots to an unspecified amount; and

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion.

 

     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. 535, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 535, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair