STAND. COM. REP. NO. 98

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 883
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Government Operations and Housing, to
which was referred S.B. No. 883 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize the state
finance director to issue short-term floating rate interest
general obligation bonds for the repair and maintenance of state
owned public housing.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from Legal
Aid Society of Hawaii.  Testimony in opposition to this measure
was received from the Department of Budget and Finance and the
Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii.

     Your Committee finds that this measure provides a mechanism
to prevent small repairs from developing into serious repairs
later.  Providing for adequate maintenance and repairs on a
regular basis will not only save money in the long run, but will
also raise the living standards and self-esteem of the residents.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making a
technical nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity
and style.

     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

 
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purpose of S.B. No. 883, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B.
No. 883, 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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