STAND. COM. REP. NO. 865-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: H.B. No. 2066
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2066, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to assist the homeless by:
(1) Requiring the Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii (HCDCH) to coordinate with the counties to identify locations to be used for temporary emergency shelters;
(2) Requiring the counties to locate, designate, and maintain those areas; and
(3) Requiring HCDCH to report annually to the Legislature detailing the activities and outcomes with regard to providing temporary emergency shelter to the homeless.
This bill also appropriates funds to the counties for these purposes.
Hawaii Habitat for Humanity Association, Honolulu Community Action Program Leeward District Council, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. HCDCH supported the intent of this measure. The Disability and Communication Access Board offered comments.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, 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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2066, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2066, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair |
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