STAND. COM. REP. NO.  326

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 829

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 829 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require Hawaii Public Housing Authority (HPHA) to document smoking violations and retain all violations on a resident's record permanently.

One individual testified in support of this measure.  HPHA, Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawaii, and an individual commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Requiring HPHA to document each violation observed by authority staff, agents, or authorized representatives and retain residents' records of violations for up to three years; and

(2)  Changing its effective date to take effect upon a date to be determined to facilitate further discussion.

     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. 829, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 829, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

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

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TOM BROWER, Chair