STAND. COM. REP. NO.  874

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 888

      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 H.B. No. 888, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DISPOSITION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY ON PUBLIC HOUSING PROPERTIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide a more streamlined process for the disposal of abandoned or seized property in and around low-income housing projects by, among other things:

     (1)  Authorizing the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to dispose of property valued at $500 or more via public auction after having given fifteen days notice of the disposition;

     (2)  Authorizing the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to dispose of property valued at less than $500 as it deems appropriate, without notice; and

     (3)  Enabling the owner of the property to repossess the property without reimbursing certain costs and paying certain amounts owed, if the owner provides proof of entitlement prior to the disposition.

The Hawaii Public Housing Authority provided comments on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

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

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments 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 H.B. No. 888, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 888, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair