STAND. COM. REP. NO.  400-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2501

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 2501 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide stability and oversight to low-income housing residents by requiring the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to designate a resident manager at:

(1)  Each federal public housing complex; and

(2)  Each state low-income housing project.

The Community Alliance for Mental Health, United Self Help, and a concerned individual supported this bill.  The Hawaii Public Housing Authority provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Establishing four Certified Public Accountant positions within the Hawaii Public Housing Authority under Part II to assist the authority in documenting its financial information;

(2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate discussion; and

(3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     Your Committee respectfully notes that, according to the testimony of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority, the four Certified Public Accountant positions to be established under Part II of this measure are intended to be federally funded.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2501, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2501, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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MARK J. HASHEM, Chair