STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2202

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2836

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs, Human Services, and Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2836 entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to make permanent certain provisions for affordable housing credits for Hawaiian homelands.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Hawaii Primary Care Association, and Community Alliance for Mental Health.  Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from the City and County of Honolulu's Department of Planning and Permitting and Kauai County Housing Agency.

     Your Committees find that affordable housing credits afforded the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands since the passage of Act 141, Session Laws of Hawaii 2009, have resulted in successful private-public partnerships between the Department and developers to develop homestead lots.  Extending the provision of affordable housing tax credits to the Department will help the Department further develop its affordable housing inventory and fulfill its obligation to its beneficiaries.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Hawaiian Affairs, Human Services, and Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2836 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Hawaiian Affairs, Human Services, and Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs,

____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair	____________________________ MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO, Chair
	____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Chair