STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1598

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 487

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Affordable Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 487, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING PROGRAMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to make housekeeping amendments as recommended by the Legislative Reference Bureau pursuant to Act 180, Session Laws of Hawaii 2006, creating the Hawaii Public Housing Authority and the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC).

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the HHFDC.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Affordable Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 487, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 487, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Affordable Housing,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair