STAND. COM. REP. NO. 8

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 87

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. 87 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to contract with a corporation for management and other support services when the Authority determines it is unable to perform these services.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Public Housing Authority.  Testimony in opposition to this measure was received by the State Procurement Office and the Hawaii Government Employees Association.

Your Committee finds that although existing law allows the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to designate corporate agents to hire private property management companies to manage asset management projects, this measure clarifies that authority and provides the Authority with greater flexibility to further assist the neediest individuals, families, elders, and disabled individuals with acquiring public housing and services that are currently unavailable to them.

     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. 87 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing.

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

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair