STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1201
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: S.B. No. 801
S.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 801, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LOW-INTEREST LOANS TO DISASTER VICTIMS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Appropriate funds to the Kikala-Keokea Housing Revolving Fund (Fund) to provide low-interest home construction loans for Kikala-Keokea leaseholders and to fund related activities; and
(2) Repeal the Kalapana Disaster Relief Program (Program).
The Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii (HCDCH) testified in support of this bill.
Your Committee finds that the Program was established to assist Kalapana residents who lost their homes and land as a result of the eruptions of Kilauea Volcano, and according to HCDCH, was intended to be a "one-time public relief program of last resort[.]" The Fund was established to complete the development of Kikala-Keokea, a subdivision for persons of Hawaiian ancestry who were displaced from Kalapana.
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. 801, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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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