STAND. COM. REP. NO.  719

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 884

      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 Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 884 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to exempt affordable housing units, additions to existing dwelling units, accessory dwelling units, and ohana dwelling units from school impact fee requirements.

Hawaii Public Housing Authority, Office of Planning, Department of Planning and Permitting for the City and County of Honolulu, and Hawaii Association of Realtors testified in support of the measure.  The Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, Pacific Resource Partnership and Hawaii Construction Alliance testified in support of the intent of the measure.  The Department of Education and Building Industry Association of Hawaii testified in opposition to the measure.  IMUAlliance commented on the measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Specifying that affordable housing projects qualifying for general excise tax exemptions are also exempted from school impact fees; and

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2051.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 884, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 884, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair