STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2856

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 117

       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.C.R. No. 117 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE BUILDING OF MODULAR AND FACTORY MANUFACTURED HOMES IN HAWAII,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to express support for the building of modular and factory manufactured homes in Hawaii.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by one county agency, one private organization, and two individuals.  Written testimony presented to the Committees may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committees support the building of modular and factory manufactured homes as an innovative means of achieving desirable outcomes in a number of areas, including job creation, recovery from natural hazard damages, energy efficiency, and affordable housing.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive changes for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     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 concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 117, as amended herein, and recommend its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 117, S.D. 1.

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