STAND. COM. REP. NO.  254

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 1303

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 1303 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to require the Hawaii Public Housing Authority (HPHA) to:

     (1)  Assess a community facilities maintenance fee for each             community facilities' unit;

     (2)  Establish a schedule that sets forth a minimum rent            for state public housing units; and

     (3)  Seek reimbursement from a tenant for the full cost             incurred in repairing damages to the tenant's unit.

     The Tenant Association President of Mayor Wright Homes testified in support of this bill.  HPHA and the American Civil Liberties Union opposed this bill.

     Upon consideration, your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Deleting provisions that require HPHA to seek reimbursement from a tenant for the full cost incurred in repairing damages to the tenant's unit; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1303, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1303, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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RIDA T.R. CABANILLA, Chair