CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 116-22

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2022

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2512

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

 

Sirs:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2512, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO OHANA ZONES,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Allow persons receiving accommodations or services from an Ohana Zone to request a ninety-day extension of the accommodations or services;

 

     (2)  Extend the Ohana Zones Pilot Program sunset date to June 30, 2028; and

 

     (3)  Establish an Ohana Zones Program within the Hawaii Public Housing Authority as part of its rental assistance programs upon expiration of the Ohana Zones Pilot Program.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Reverting to the H.D. 1 version, which:

 

          (A)  Expands regulatory exemptions for the Ohana Zones Pilot Program contracts;

 

          (B)  Amends the sunset date to June 30, 2026; and

 

          (C)  Appropriates $15,000,000 for the pilot program; and

 

     (2)  Further amending this measure by:

 

          (A)  Inserting a preamble;

 

          (B)  Allowing persons receiving accommodations or services from an Ohana Zone site to request a ninety-day extension of the accommodations or services;

 

          (C)  Reducing the scope of the regulatory exemptions;

 

          (D)  Requiring all contracts entered into or structures constructed pursuant to the Ohana Zones Pilot Program to comply with county, state, and federal floodplain management development standards, or statutes, codes, ordinances, rules, or regulations with which compliance is required under the National Flood Insurance Program;

 

          (E)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2022; and

 

          (F)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2512, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2512, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

 


Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

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JOY A. SAN BUENAVENTURA

Chair

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE

Co-Chair

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STANLEY CHANG

Co-Chair

 

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NADINE K. NAKAMURA

Co-Chair

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SHARON MORIWAKI

Co-Chair

 

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ADRIAN K. TAM

Co-Chair