STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1192-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: S.B. No. 2773
S.D. 3
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 2773, S.D. 3, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to assist displaced workers of Kunia Camp by:
(1) Establishing and appropriating funds for the Kunia Camp Housing Revolving Fund for low-interest housing loans or grants;
(2) Establishing and appropriating funds for the Kunia Camp Rental Housing Fund for rental subsidies in the private market; and
(3) Establishing and appropriating funds for the Kunia Camp Homeownership Counseling Program.
The Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii, Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO, ILWU Local 142, Poamoho Camp Community Association, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Expanding the funds and programs to include Poamoho Camp, in addition to Kunia Camp;
(2) Expanding the funds and programs to assist displaced retirees, in addition to workers; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2773, S.D. 3, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2773, S.D. 3, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Housing,
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____________________________ MICHAEL P. KAHIKINA, Chair |
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