STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2236
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.C.R. No. 5
Honorable Donna Mercado Kim
President of the Senate
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2014
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committees on Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing and Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 5 entitled:
"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM TO WORK WITH CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES TO REVIEW THE PREREQUISITES FOR OBTAINING PERMIT APPROVAL FOR DEVELOPMENTS AT THE STATE AND COUNTY LEVELS,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to work with construction industry representatives to review the prerequisites for obtaining permit approval for developments at the state and county levels.
Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.
Your Committees find that a coordinated effort between all levels of government and the private sector is necessary to expedite a sluggish and duplicative approval process for construction projects. For over twenty years, the State and counties have imposed financial requirements, such as community facilities district financing, impact fees, and infrastructure construction, on developers as prerequisites to obtaining approval for developments. As a result of these financial impositions, infrastructure construction costs may rise, and construction sometimes remains unfinished. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the effects of imposing prerequisites on the cost of construction and development, including the effect upon the communities where development has been directed.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing and Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 5 and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Economic Development, Government Operations and Housing and Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs,
____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Chair |
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____________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair |
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