STAND. COM. REP. NO.  946-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2836

      S.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 Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2836, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to make permanent the temporary provisions that require counties to issue affordable housing credits for units developed on Hawaiian home lands.

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu and Kauai County Housing Agency provided testimony in opposition to this measure.

     Your Committee notes that the City and County of Honolulu and County of Kauai expressed concerns including, among other things, concerns regarding home rule and their ability to apply smart growth principles and consider affordable housing needs near transit-oriented development areas.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2836, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Housing.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs,

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FAYE P. HANOHANO, Chair