STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2224

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2576

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Education and Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 2576 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to require that any new residential development located in a school impact district that is developed or authorized by the Hawaii Housing and Development Corporation be subject to all statutes, ordinances, charter provisions, and rules relating to school impact fees and school impact districts.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by one state agency and one private organization.  Testimony in opposition to this measure was submitted by one state agency.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committee finds that new residential developments under the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC) have the same impact as other developments in school impact districts, namely that they both increase the population of school-aged children and consequently the demand for schools and school facilities in the school impact district.  This measure fairly applies the principle that HHFDC developments, having the same impact as other developments in school impact districts, should be responsible for an appropriate share of school impact fees.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education and Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2576, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2576, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair