CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 9

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2013

RE:    S.B. No. 84

       H.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam and Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 84, H.D. 2, entitled:

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

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to amend the definition of "public housing project" to correspond to the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development's definition of housing that may be administered by the Hawaii Public Housing Authority; provided that state low-income housing projects are excluded from the definition.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that the current definition of the term "public housing project" in section 356D-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is inaccurate and overly limiting for the purposes of the federal low-income public housing program.  Under the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development regulations, public housing agencies are authorized to administer a variety of federally assisted housing beyond simply "public housing".  Since the Hawaii Public Housing Authority is the only public housing agency in the State, the definition of "public housing" should correspond to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's definition of housing that may be administered by a public housing agency.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing the effective date to upon its approval.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 84, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 84, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ RIDA T.R. CABANILLA, Co-Chair	____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair
____________________________ JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Co-Chair