STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1507

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   S.B. No. 84

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 84, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

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 a state public housing authority.

The Hawaii Public Housing Authority and Community Alliance for Mental Health along with United Self Help testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

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

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair