STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1017

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 560

       H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committees on Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing and Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 560, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING URBAN GARDENING,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation and the Hawaii Community Development Authority to develop incentive programs for development projects that incorporate urban gardening.

 

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation and one individual.

 

     Your Committees find that this measure will help increase the growth of urban gardens and green buildings in Hawaii.  The propagation of urban gardens in Hawaii is desirable because they provide benefits such as recreation, exercise, improved diets, cultural and horticultural education, and beautification of urban core areas.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing and Higher Education that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 560, H.D. 1, and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing and Higher Education,

 

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair