STAND. COM. REP. NO.  684

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 142

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 142, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to extend the sunset date from June 30, 2015, to July 1, 2021, for the requirement that counties issue affordable housing credits for existing and future Hawaiian Home Lands projects upon request for these credits by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.

 

     The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands testified in support of this measure.  The Chair of the Kauai County Council's Committee on Housing & Transportation and the Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu opposed this measure.

 

     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. 142, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair