STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1602-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   S.B. No. 2998

      S.D. 2

      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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2998, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Hawaii Public Housing Authority (HPHA) for the modernization, repair, and maintenance of HPHA facilities and public housing units statewide.

The United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, and AFL-CIO provided testimony in support of the measure.  The Hawaii Public Housing Authority provided comments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2998, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair