STAND. COM. REP. NO.  11

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 514

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 514 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to move the State income tax and obligations exemption for public housing agencies from the laws governing the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to the laws governing the Hawaii Public Housing Authority.

The Hawaii Public Housing Authority and Department of Human Services testified in support of this measure.  The Tax Foundation of Hawaii and an individual provided comments on this measure.

     After careful consideration, your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of 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. 514, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 514, 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