STAND. COM. REP. NO.  255

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 742

      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. 742 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to exempt Hawaii Public Housing Authority (HPHA) from the requirements of section 40-82, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to allow HPHA to assign to a collection agency, accounts for vacated units in state low-income public housing projects that are delinquent for at least 90 days.

HPHA testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Allowing HPHA, with the Attorney General's approval, to delete from its accounts receivable records, delinquent accounts for vacated units in state low-income public housing projects that have been delinquent for at least 90 days; 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. 742, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 742, 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