STAND. COM. REP. NO.  380-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2302

      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. 2302, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to properly, effectively, and efficiently address the numerous issues facing transit-oriented development statewide through a coordinated, intergovernmental, and interagency approach by establishing the Hawaii Interagency Council for Transit-Oriented Development.

The Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism, Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, Hawaii Public Housing Authority, Office of Planning, Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, Hawai‘i Association of Realtors, and Building Industry Association-Hawaii provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu and Office of Hawaiian Affairs provided comments.

     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. 2302, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair