THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2544
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014		S.D. 2
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY'S ADMINISTRATION OF THE FEDERAL HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Chapter 356D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§356D-   Housing choice voucher program administration. Only original family members identified at the time of the issuance of a federal housing choice voucher may retain the voucher.  A voucher shall automatically terminate upon the death or removal from assistance of the last original family member; provided that, where the original head or co-head of the household is survived by a minor who was subsequently added to the household by birth, adoption, or court order and the family properly reported the birth, adoption, or court order to the authority, the household may retain the voucher until the youngest minor added to the household reaches the age of twenty-one, or reaches the age of twenty-three if the youngest minor is a full-time student at a business school, technical school, college, community college, or university.  No legal guardian shall be added to the household to care for the minor or minors unless the legal guardian is also eligible for participation in the housing choice voucher program; provided further that any legal guardian added to the household shall not retain the voucher after the youngest minor has reached the age of twenty-one, or has reached the age of twenty-three if the youngest minor is a full-time student at a business school, technical school, college, community college, or university.

     SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.

Report Title:

Hawaii Public Housing Authority; Housing Choice Voucher Program

Description:

Allows only original household members to retain a federal housing choice voucher.  Automatically terminates vouchers when all original members are no longer in the household.  Allows minors who survive the original head or co-head of the household and were added to the household to retain the voucher until the last of the minors reaches the age of twenty-one or twenty-three if the minor is a full-time student.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

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