Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2072, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

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 bill is to appropriate moneys to the Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii from the Emergency Budget and Reserve Fund to provide housing assistance to Hawaii's needy.

Your Committee on Conference finds that the State is still suffering from the financial effects of the events of September 11, 2001. Many people have lost their jobs and do not have enough regular income to make mortgage, rent, and utility payments and face the possibility of eviction, foreclosure, or the denial of vital utility services. This bill will help these people while they seek employment and prevent them from becoming homeless or suffer a financial burden that they cannot overcome.

Upon further consideration, your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:

(1) Inserting a statement of findings and purposes;

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. 2072, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2072, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.