Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 639, S.D. 2, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to remove the Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii (HCDCH) from managing Department of Education (DOE) teacher housing and authorizes DOE to manage DOE teacher housing.

HCDCH, DOE, and the Hawaii State Teachers Association supported this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective dates to July 1, 2010; and

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 S.B. No. 639, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 639, S.D. 2, H.D. 1.