STAND. COM. REP. NO.  6

 

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 Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 142 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 make permanent provisions of two previous Acts directing the counties to issue affordable housing credits to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, upon request, for affordable housing developed on Hawaiian Home Lands.

 

     The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu testified in opposition to this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Extending the sunset date for both provisions concerning affordable housing credits to July 1, 2021, instead of repealing the sunset;

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 142, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 142, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARK J. HASHEM, Chair