STAND. COM. REP. NO.  623-14

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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2501, 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 provide stability and oversight to low-income housing residents by:

     (1)  Requiring the Hawaii Public Housing Authority (Authority) to designate an onsite resident manager at each public housing complex and state low-income housing project; and

     (2)  Establishing four full-time equivalent permanent Certified Public Accountant positions within the Authority to assist the Authority in documenting its financial information.

The Community Alliance for Mental Health testified in support of this measure.  Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME, Local 152, AFL-CIO, testified in opposition to this measure.  The Authority commented on this measure.

     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 H.B. No. 2501, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair