STAND. COM. REP. NO. 12

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 305

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 305 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to develop public housing projects and to develop commercial and industrial properties in connection with the development of public housing dwelling units.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Public Housing Authority and the Community Alliance for Mental Health.

Your Committee finds that under current state laws, the Hawaii Public Housing Authority is allowed to develop several different classes of land, such as public land in agricultural districts and certain federal lands.  This measure would enable the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to provide more development options to further serve the low-income residents of Hawaii and benefit the surrounding communities in which those properties are situated.

     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. 305 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair