STAND. COM. REP. NO.  513

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 351

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 351 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority (HPHA) for required repairs and renovations at public housing facilities to ensure compliance with state and federal law.

     The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hawaii Disability Rights Center, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  HPHA supported the intent of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 351 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Housing,

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RIDA CABANILLA, Chair