THE TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2011
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COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES |
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Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland, Chair |
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Senator Les Ihara, Jr., Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Thursday, February 3, 2011 |
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TIME: |
1:15 p.m. |
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PLACE: |
Conference Room 016 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Allows grandchildren of elderly housing project residents to temporarily reside with the residents in certain family crisis situations; limits temporary residence to three months; limits the number of grandchildren to two during the three-month period; affords residents evicted for raising grandchildren-in-crisis in their housing project units priority status to return to project housing.
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HMS, WAM |
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Requires the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation to identify housing units, owned or managed by the state, that are vacant and could be used as affordable rental housing. Report to governor and legislature.
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HMS, WLH |
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Establishes the Hawaii interagency council on homelessness and makes an appropriation for administrative expenses.
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HMS, WAM |
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MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HOMELESS PROGRAMS OFFICE. Restores funding for positions for the homeless programs office of the department of human services.
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HMS, WAM |
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RELATING TO KUHIO PARK TERRACE. Requires the Hawaii public housing authority to review the redevelopment project at Kuhio park terrace; requires report to the legislature no later than September 30, 2011.
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HMS, WAM |
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RELATING TO THE HOMELESS. Requires the department of human services to identify suitable properties for a housing first program that identifies affordable rental housing projects, including an initial housing first single resident occupancy affordable rental housing model project site in an urban core. Requires DHS to report to the legislature and the governor.
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HMS, WAM |
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RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS. Makes a grant to Aloha United Way 211 for a homeless care coordinator position. Appropriates funds.
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HMS, WAM |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Broadens criminal trespass in the first degree to include a person who enters or remains unlawfully in or upon the premises of a public housing project after a reasonable request or warning to leave by housing authorities or a police officer. Excludes an invited guest, unless the guest is violating a law or rule.
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HMS, JDL |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Prohibits smoking in and around public housing projects or state low-income housing projects under the jurisdiction of the Hawaii public housing authority.
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HMS, JDL |
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RELATING TO DISCRIMINATION. Prohibits discrimination in real property transactions based on lawful source of income.
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HMS, JDL |
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RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING. Requires all visitors to public housing projects to receive a visitor pass from authorities of the public housing project. Establishes the non-possession of a visitor pass as prima facie evidence of criminal trespass in the first degree.
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HMS, JDL |
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RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUORS. Prohibits open alcoholic beverage containers on any common area of a public housing project.
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HMS, JDL |
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Appropriates funds for a landlord liaison project; funds to be expended by the Hawaii public housing authority.
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HMS, WAM |
Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
FOR AMENDED HEARING NOTICES: If the notice is an amended notice, measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored. If there is a measure that is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.
Persons wishing to testify should submit testimony in one of the following ways by 4:00 p.m. the day prior to the hearing:
· By Email: Testimony may be emailed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Committee at HMSTestimony@Capitol.hawaii.gov . Please indicate the measure, date and time of the hearing. Email sent to individual offices or any other Senate office will not be accepted.
· By Web: Testimony may be submitted online if less than 4MB in size, at http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/emailtestimony.
· In person: 1 copy of their testimony to the committee clerk, Room 016, State Capitol.
· By fax: Testimony may be faxed if less than 5 pages in length, to the Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Office at 586-6659 or 1-800-586-6659 (toll free for neighbor islands), at least 24 hours prior to the hearing. When faxing, please indicate to which committee the testimony is being submitted and the date and time of the hearing.
Please note: If you submit your written testimony after 4:00 p.m. the day prior to the hearing, please sign-in at the staff table to testify orally. A copy of your testimony may not be available during the hearing but will be posted online for the public after the hearing.
If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign or foreign language interpreter or wheelchair accessibility), please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made.
Please note: All testimony received by the Hawaii Senate will be posted on the Hawaii Legislature's Website. Documents made available through the Testimony hyperlink(s) above may not be posted until the start of the hearing.
Public Folder. A folder labeled “Public Folder” containing the testimonies for the hearing will be available for shared use by members of the public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6130.
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________________________________________ Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland Chair |
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