STAND. COM. REP. NO.  434-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2069

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 2069 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

     (1)  Establish community improvement districts as an innovative means of accelerating appropriate development in certain areas of the State; and

     (2)  Establish a Kapalama Community Improvement District Pilot Project.

An individual testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu testified in support of the intent of this measure.  The Department of Budget and Finance provided comments on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Requiring the Department of Accounting and General Services, in cooperation with the City and County of Honolulu, to submit an annual report to the Legislature relating to the Kapalama Community Improvement District Pilot Project; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2069, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2069, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water & Land,

____________________________

RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair