STAND. COM. REP. NO.  660

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 1554

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.B. No. 1554 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow the Chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission (HHC) and the Director of the Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu (DPP) to designate representatives to serve as ex officio voting members of the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA) for the Kalaeloa Community Development District (Kalaeloa).

     The HHC, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, HCDA, DPP, and a member of the HCDA for Kalaeloa testified in support of this bill. 

     Your Committee finds that allowing the Chairperson of HHC and Director of DPP to designate a representative to attend and vote at HCDA meetings will make it easier to obtain quorum and allow important deliberations and decisions to be made without delay or depriving the representation of HHC and DPP.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1554 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,

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KEN ITO, Chair