CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 31

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 117

H.D. 2

C.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 117, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"

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 measure is to authorize the establishment of affordable housing requirements for certain undeveloped parcels in Puukolii Village by agreement between the project's developer, the Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii (HCDCH), and the appropriate Maui County housing agency. Under the measure, the affordable housing requirements established by the parties must include a requirement for housing affordable to households earning up to one hundred per cent of the county median income.

 

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure:

(1) By inserting language contained in the measure, as introduced, which grants HCDCH the power to amend, delete, restate, and otherwise modify the terms, conditions, plans, and specifications relating to housing projects approved by HCDCH's predecessor agency, the Housing Finance and Development Corporation;

(2) To require that the affordable housing requirements for Puukolii Village include a requirement for housing affordable to households earning up to one hundred twenty per cent, rather than one hundred per cent, of the county median income;

(3) By replacing its effective date of July 1, 2020 with an effective date of July 1, 2005; and

(4) By making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of style and consistency.

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 S.B. No. 117, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 117, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

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MICHAEL P. KAHIKINA, Co-Chair

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RON MENOR, Chair

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BLAKE K. OSHIRO, Co-Chair

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SCOTT NISHIMOTO, Co-Chair