STAND. COM. REP. NO.  201

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 841

      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. 841 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOL IMPACT FEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to increase the availability of affordable housing in the State by exempting certain housing projects that have a general excise tax exemption from the school impact fee requirement.

The Hawaii Construction Alliance, UNITE HERE Local 5, and Pacific Resource Partnership supported this measure.  The Department of Education and Building Industry Association of Hawaii opposed this measure.  The Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu, IMUAlliance, The Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, and a concerned individual provided comments.  

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Incorporating the amendments provided by the Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu that removes the requirement of all government housing projects and affordable housing projects, in a school impact district, under the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation and the county from fulfilling the land component impact fee or fee in lieu requirement and construction cost component impact fee requirement;

     (2)  Changing the effective date to an unspecified date yet to be determined; and

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

     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. 841, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 841, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Education.

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

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TOM BROWER, Chair