STAND. COM. REP. NO.  932

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   S.B. No. 477

      S.D. 2

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 S.B. No. 477, S.D. 2, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to improve the quality of existing public housing stock in the State by authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriating funds for the plans, design, construction, and equipment to develop, upgrade, or renovate public housing facilities.

The Hawaii Public Housing Authority, Hawaii Primary Care Association, Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii, and several individuals supported this measure.

     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 S.B. No. 477, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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MARK J. HASHEM, Chair