Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 131, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to prevent discrimination against individuals seeking to rent property as recipients of the federal Section 8 voucher program by:

(1) Requesting the Auditor to perform a management and financial audit of the Section 8 voucher program administered by the Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii (HCDCH); and

(2) Requesting HCDCH to convene a Task Force to determine the appropriate changes to be made to the Section 8 program to improve the delivery of governmental resources to recipients and improve flexibility of the program.

As this was a decision making meeting only, no public testimony was accepted. However, your Committee acknowledges communication received from HCDCH indicating that the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has requested funding to contract with an independent auditor to perform a management and performance audit of HCDCH's Section 8 program.

Therefore, your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution by:

(1) Requesting that the audit include a performance assessment of HCDCH as it pertains to the processing of paperwork and remittance of the first month's rent payment;

(2) Providing the Auditor with discretion to either defer or discontinue the audit in the event that funds are released to HUD to contract for an independent federal audit of the Section 8 program; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 131, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 131, H.D. 2.