STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2227

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2386
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Government Operations and Housing, to
which was referred S.B. No. 2386 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL
     OBLIGATION BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE
     RENOVATION OF STATE OWNED PUBLIC HOUSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to provide funding to
renovate state-owned public housing.

     The measure accomplishes this by authorizing the issuance of
$20,000,000 in general obligation bonds and appropriating the
same amount to fund the renovation projects.

     Testimony in support of the measure was received from the
Governor, the Housing and Community Development Corporation of
Hawaii, the American Friends Service Committee, the Pacific and
Asian American Center for Theology and Strategies, the Affordable
Housing and Homeless Alliance, and the Palolo Tenants
Association.

     Your Committee finds that state-owned public housing is
aging and has deteriorated due to lack of maintenance.  As a
result, the general condition of state-owned public housing is
below acceptable standards.  A number of housing units stand
vacant because they do not meet minimum housing quality
standards.  Your Committee also finds that many state-owned
housing projects do not meet the federal Americans With

 
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Disabilities Act (ADA) guidelines and need to be brought into
compliance.

     In light of these findings, your Committee has amended the
measure by:

     (1)  Increasing the general obligation bond issuance and
          appropriation amount from $20,000,000 to $43,000,000;
          and

     (2)  Earmarking $20,000,000 to bring state-owned public
          housing projects into compliance with ADA guidelines.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Government Operations and Housing that is attached
to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of S.B. No. 2386, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B.
No. 2386, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and
Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Government
                                   Operations and Housing,



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                                   ROD TAM, Chair

 
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