THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2009

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND HOUSING

Senator Norman Sakamoto, Chair

Senator Michelle Kidani, Vice Chair

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:

Monday, March 23, 2009

TIME:

2:00 pm

PLACE:

Conference Room 225

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A M E N D E D A G E N D A

RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES.

Transfers responsibility for school facilities repair and maintenance for air conditioning equipment and donated equipment and fixtures from the Department of Accounting and General Services to the Department of Education, consistent with Act 51, SLH 2004.

EDH, WAM

~~HB 948, HD1~~

~~(HSCR694)~~

~~Testimony~~

~~Status~~

~~RELATING TO KAKAAKO.~~

Increases the reserved housing requirement for a development in the Kakaako community development district, mauka area, for lots 3 acres or more in area to 25% of the countable floor area of the development. Directs HCDA to submit a report prior to the convening of the 2017 regular session on its reserved housing program in the Kakaako community development district. (HB948 HD1)

~~EDH, WTL~~

(Measure deleted on 03-19-09)

RELATING TO LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDITS.

Makes state low-income housing tax credits more valuable by shortening the period over which the credits can be taken from ten years to five years. Authorizes the election of the maximum amount of grant in lieu of tax credits authorized under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Authorizes the state low-income housing tax credit to be taken with federal low-income housing tax credits as authorized under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. (HB1043 HD1)

EDH, WAM

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Enables the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to more easily collect the value of shared appreciation equity and other restrictions when an affordable housing property is publicly sold through a foreclosure. Requires written notification of intent to foreclose on properties encumbered by such priority liens. (HB1044 HD2)

EDH, WAM

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Authorizes and obligates DOE to oversee and monitor students eligible for special education who are placed in private schools or facilities at public expense. (HB87 HD2)

EDH, WAM

[Measure added:

03-17-09]

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

FOR AMENDED HEARING NOTICES: If the notice is an amended notice, measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored. If there is a measure that is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

Persons wishing to testify should submit testimony in one of the following ways by 4:00 p.m. the day prior to the hearing:

· By Email: Testimony may be emailed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Committee at EDHTestimony@Capitol.hawaii.gov . Please indicate the measure, date and time of the hearing. Email sent to individual offices or any other Senate office will not be accepted.

· By Web: Testimony may be submitted online if less than 4MB in size, at http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/emailtestimony.

· In person: 1 copy of their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 230, State Capitol.

· By fax: Testimony may be faxed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-6659 or 1-800-586-6659 (toll free for neighbor islands), at least 24 hours prior to the hearing. When faxing, please indicate to which committee the testimony is being submitted and the date and time of the hearing.

Please note: If you submit your written testimony after 4:00 p.m. the day prior to the hearing, please sign-in at the staff table to testify orally. A copy of your testimony may not be available during the hearing but will be posted online for the public after the hearing.

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign or foreign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made.

Please note: All testimony received by the Hawaii Senate will be posted on the Hawaii Legislature's Website. Documents made available through the Testimony hyperlink(s) above may not be posted until the start of the hearing.

Public Folder. A folder labeled “Public Folder” containing the testimonies for the hearing will be available for shared use by members of the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6842.

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Senator Norman Sakamoto

Chair