STAND. COM. REP. NO.  131

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 1016

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 1016 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING VOUCHERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the development and implementation of a housing voucher program within the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation for full-time classroom teachers employed by the Department of Education, including classroom teachers at public charter schools in the State.  

IMUAlliance testified in support of this measure.  The Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation supported the intent of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Placing the program under the authority of the Department of Education instead of within the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation;

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote further discussion; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1016, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1016, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Education.

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

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MARK J. HASHEM, Chair