STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1150-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   S.B. No. 3060

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services & Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 3060, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY EVICTIONS BOARDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow a public housing eviction board hearing to be conducted without the presence of the tenant-member, as long as a quorum is present.

     The Hawaii Public Housing Authority (HPHA) and Office of Hawaiian Affairs testified in support of this bill.  The Legal Aid Society of Hawaii opposed this measure.  A concerned individual provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Requiring that members of the eviction board appointed by HPHA be approved by the resident advisory board; 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 Human Services & Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3060, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3060, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services & Housing,

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MAILE SHIMABUKURO, Chair