STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2590

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2576

       S.D. 2

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2576, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to require all new residential developments, either developed or approved by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation and located in a school impact district, to be subject to applicable school impact fees pursuant to any statute, ordinance, charter provision, or rule.

     Your Committee received comments in opposition to this measure from the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation.  Written comments may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committee finds that impact fees are vital to the necessary construction and expansion of schools and facilities to adequately support the residents of new residential developments.  Your Committee believes that this measure will ensure that all new residential developments contribute fairly and in a timely manner to provide adequate educational resources for these new communities.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2099, to facilitate further discussion on this measure; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstative amendments for the purposes of clarity and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2576, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2576, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair