Note

L 2000, c 214, §§7, 8 provide:

"SECTION 7. The housing and community development corporation is authorized to increase the rent contribution amount set forth in section 201G-234, Hawaii Revised Statutes, on the day before this Act takes effect in increments or in one step; provided that:

(1) The corporation shall conduct a public hearing before making any increase; and

(2) The amount of the annual payment with respect to any dwelling unit shall not exceed thirty per cent of the tenant's income as determined by the Hawaii housing and community development corporation.

This section shall only apply to participants in the rent supplement program under chapter 201G, Hawaii Revised Statutes, on June 30, 2000.

SECTION 8. New participants to the rent supplement program after June 30, 2000, shall be required to comply with section 201G-234, Hawaii Revised Statutes."