STAND. COM. REP. NO.  216-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2623

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 2623 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to evict a tenant from a public housing project if the tenant is convicted of a felony related to the Authority's property or funds.

 

     The Hawaii Public Housing Authority and a concerned individual supported this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Allowing the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to also evict a tenant from a public housing project if the tenant is convicted of a misdemeanor related to the Authority's property or funds;

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion; 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. 2623, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2623, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARK J. HASHEM, Chair