STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2136

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2111

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Education and Housing and Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2111 entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to shorten the time period within which counties may accept or reject requests for dedication of infrastructure for affordable housing and to clarify provisions to facilitate the expeditious development of affordable housing.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by two state agencies and four private organizations.  Testimony in opposition to this measure was submitted by two county agencies.  Written testimony presented to the Committees may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committees find that this measure expedites the dedication of infrastructure process by the counties, which in turn advances affordable housing projects in a timely manner.  Your Committees also find that for purposes of a request for dedication of infrastructure, the requirement for county approval of the completion of the improvements comprising a dedicated infrastructure is vital to the counties' responsibilities.

     Accordingly, your Committees have amended the measure by:

     (1)  Restoring the provision requiring county approval of the completion of the improvements comprising a dedicated infrastructure; and

     (2)  Requiring the sixty-day time limit for counties to accept or reject dedication requests to commence upon receipt of a complete application for dedication request by the appropriate county council, rather than upon filing of the dedication request.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Housing and Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2111, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2111, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Water, Land, Agriculture, and Hawaiian Affairs.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Housing and Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs,

____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair

____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair