STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2441

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2805

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 2805 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to reduce from five to three the minimum number of resident board member candidates that the Resident Advisory Board of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority must submit to the Governor for consideration for appointment to the Authority's Board of Directors.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Human Services; the Hawaii Public Housing Authority of the Department of Human Services; and two individuals.

     Your Committee finds that when the resident member seat on the Hawaii Public Housing Authority Board of Directors becomes vacant, the Resident Advisory Board of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority is required to submit a list of five names for consideration by the Governor.  In situations where there are less than five interested individuals, the Resident Advisory Board is unable to provide a list to the Governor for consideration and may cause the resident member seat to remain vacant for extended periods.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2805 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair