THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2017

 

COMMITTEE ON WATER AND LAND

Senator Karl Rhoads, Chair

Senator Mike Gabbard, Vice Chair

 

COMMITTEE ON HOUSING

Senator Will Espero, Chair

Senator Breene Harimoto, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

TIME:

2:55 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 225

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 966

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS.

Exempts lands to which Hawaii Public Housing Authority holds title from the definition of "public lands" in section 171-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

 

WTL/HOU, WAM

SB 580

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HOUSING AND MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT.

Allows the department of land and natural resources to enter into housing, commercial, and mixed-use leases for terms in excess of sixty-five years but not exceeding ninety-nine years.  Gives the lessee a right of first refusal following a public auction at the termination of the lease; provided that the lessee shall match the highest lease rental bid offered.

 

WTL/HOU, WAM

SB 254

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HOUSING.

Requires the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation to coordinate with other state agencies to develop lands owned or administered by the State within one mile of transit station sites.  Requires that parcels or groups of contiguous parcels of state land with an area of at least ten acres include housing units reserved for residents or families earning up to one hundred forty per cent of the area median income.

 

WTL/HOU, WAM

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

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Senator Will Espero

Chair

 

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Senator Karl Rhoads

Chair