STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3219

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 2302

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2302, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to improve the public housing inventory in the State.

Specifically, this measure:

     (1)  Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to fund the renovation of uninhabitable public housing units; and

     (2)  Exempts capital improvement projects executed under this measure from the contest provisions of the Hawaii Public Procurement Code.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Human Services and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

     Your Committee finds that recent federal inspections of Hawaii public housing have revealed that many of these projects are in poor condition.  This measure provides the Hawaii Public Housing Authority with the financial resources necessary to renovate public housing units and grants limited exemptions from procurement requirements to allow the Authority to provide affordable housing quickly and efficiently.

     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 H.B. No. 2302, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair