Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2072, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate $2,000,000 out of the Emergency Budget and Reserve Fund to be expended by the Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii (HCDCH) to provide financial assistance for the housing needs of Hawaii's needy, including rent, mortgage, and utility payments and other housing expenses. In addition, this bill:

The Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, Affordable Housing and Homeless Alliance, Hawaii Catholic Conference, Hawaii Together, Partners In Care, Kauai Economic Opportunity, Inc., Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii, and an individual submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Special Assistant to the Governor for Housing, Catholic Charities, and HCDCH submitted testimony in support of the intent of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the appropriation amount from $2,000,000 to $1,000,000.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2072, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2072, H.D. 2.