STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1073

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   S.B. No. 305

      S.D. 1

      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 Water & Land, to which was referred S.B. No. 305, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to develop public housing projects, including by developing commercial, industrial, and other properties under the jurisdiction of the Authority upon a determination that the commercial, industrial, or other property or use will be an integral part of the public housing project or a benefit to the community.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Public Housing Authority, Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu, and General Contractors Association of Hawaii.  Hawaii's Thousand Friends submitted testimony in opposition to this measure.  The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Windward Ahupua‘a Alliance, and one individual submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Clarifying that the Authority's public land development authorization does not extend to conservation lands;

     (2)  Clarifying that commercial, industrial, or other properties developed by the Authority shall be subject to disposition by lease only and not sale, and shall be at economical rents with rents, not sales, in similar locations and with similar terms; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purpose of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 305, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 305, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water & Land,

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CINDY EVANS, Chair