STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1124

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1229
                                     S.D. 1
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services and Housing, to which was
referred S.B. No. 1229, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to:

     (1)  Establish a Special Fund for Homeless Assistance
          (Special Fund);

     (2)  Provide a continuous source of funding for homeless
          assistance by allocating 25 percent of conveyance tax
          collections to the Special Fund;

     (3)  Appropriates funds for capital improvements for
          homeless shelter facilities on Barbers Point Naval Air
          Station; and

     (4)  Appropriates moneys out of the Special Fund for
          homeless assistance.

     The United Public Workers, Hawaii Catholic Conference, the
Institute for Human Services, the Affordable Housing and Homeless
Alliance, Catholic Charities, the Health Care for the Homeless
Project, Gregory House Programs, and two individuals submitted
testimony in support of this measure.  The Housing and Community

 
 
 
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Development Corporation of Hawaii and the Tax Foundation of
Hawaii submitted comments.

     Over the past several years, the people's commitment to help
the homeless has been neglected.  This measure ensures that
homeless services and shelters are continually funded to promote
economic independence and self-sufficiency.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Adding a findings and purpose section;

     (2)  Clarifying that "homeless assistance" means homeless
          shelters and health, housing, and social services aimed
          at obtaining and retaining economic independence and
          self-sufficiency;

     (3)  Reducing the appropriations to $1 for further
          discussion; and

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for
          purposes of clarity and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Human Services and Housing that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 1229, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No.
1229, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committees on Energy
and Environmental Protection and Water and Land Use.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Human Services
                                   and Housing,



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                                   DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair