STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3103

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                   

 

RE:     S.B. No. 2826

        S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2826, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to develop and implement a loan servicing manual, subject to approval by the Hawaiian Homes Commission.

 

     Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.

 

     Your Committee finds that the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands' lease cancellation process is extensive and includes multiple steps.  Further, if a lease is canceled, a lessee may seek reconsideration or appeal.  Your Committee finds merit in requiring the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to develop and use a loan servicing manual that would assist the department's efforts in addressing issues posed by and facing beneficiaries subject to the cancellation process.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2826, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2826, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair