Report Title:

Public Housing Repairs; Partnerships

Description:

Allows the Hawaii Public Housing Authority (HPHA) to work with nonprofit organizations to repair and renovate public housing projects without regard to the Procurement Code.  Authorizes HPHA to collaborate with the Department of Public Safety to allow skilled prisoners to perform repairs on public housing projects. (HB1762 HD1)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1762
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to public housing.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Chapter 356D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part I to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

     "§356D-_   Public housing project repairs; partnerships with nonprofit organizations. The authority may contract with nonprofit organizations for the purposes of repairing and renovating public housing projects, without regard to chapter 103D.  The authority may adopt rules in accordance with chapter 91 for purposes of this section."

     SECTION 2.  Section 356D-9, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  The authority may:

     (1)  Obtain the aid and cooperation of other government agencies in the planning, construction, and operation of public housing projects and enter into agreements and arrangements as it deems advisable to obtain aid and cooperation;

     (2)  Arrange or enter into agreements with any government agency for the acquisition by that agency of property, options, or property rights; for the furnishing, installing, opening, or closing of streets, roads, alleys, sidewalks, or other places; for the furnishing of property, services, parks, sewage, water, and other facilities in connection with public housing projects; for the repair and renovation of public housing projects by qualified, able-bodied persons in the custody of the department of public safety; or for the changing of the map of a political subdivision or the planning, replanning, zoning, or rezoning of any part of a political subdivision;

     (3)  Procure insurance or guarantees from any government agency for the payment of any debts or parts thereof incurred by the authority, including the power to pay premiums on any such insurance; and

     (4)  Agree to make payments to the state or county government, if the government is authorized to accept payments, as the authority deems consistent with the maintenance of the character of public housing projects or the purposes of this chapter."

     SECTION 3.  Section 356D-17, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "[[]§356D-17[]]  Public works contracts.  [The] Except as provided in section 356D-    , the authority may make, execute, and carry out contracts for, or in connection with, any public housing project in the manner provided in chapter 103D and section 103-53; and, with regard to the contracts, the term "procurement officer", as used in chapter 103D, shall mean the authority or officer authorized by the authority to act as its contracting officer.  Unless made and executed in the name of the State, each contract made and executed as authorized in this section shall state therein that it is so made and executed."

     SECTION 4.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2007.