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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING to the Hawaii public housing authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 356D-43, Hawaii Revised Statutes, mandates that the state low-income public housing program must be self-supporting. However the rental income at the state housing facilities is insufficient. As a consequence many of the expenses of day-to-day operations are currently subsidized using the small general fund appropriation the Hawaii public housing authority receives for annual repair and maintenance and the housing authority's revolving funds.
The purpose of this Act is to provide the Hawaii public housing authority with general funds to assist and support the state low-income public housing program with service contracts such as trash removal, security services, management contracts, tree removal, and other similar types of annual service contracts. These funds will also provide the housing authority with the ability to develop long-term state housing plans, based on studies, which the agency is currently unable to contract for due to the limited cash flow from the state low-income housing program.
SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $5,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2015-2016 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2016-2017 to assist and support the Hawaii public housing authority's state low-income public housing program.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of human services for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2015.
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Report Title:
Hawaii Public Housing Authority; State Low-Income Public Housing Program; Appropriation
Description:
Appropriates $5,000,000 in general funds to assist and support the Hawaii public housing authority's state low-income public housing program.
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