STAND. COM. REP. NO.  905

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1361

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1361 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to make various housekeeping amendments relating to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority (HPHA).

     HPHA testified in support of this bill. 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Specifying that the federal lands for temporary emergency housing are at Kalaeloa; 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. 1361, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1361, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair