STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2671

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2951

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2951 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to clarify the interests that must be represented by the community development districts on the Hawaii Community Development Authority.

Specifically, this measure replaces the county council with the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives as the nominating authority for the members of the Hawaii Community Development Authority who represent the three community development districts of Heeia, Kalaeloa, and Kakaako.

Additionally, this measure clarifies that, of the members representing a community development district, the small business or nonprofit organization member can include an active manager of the small business as well as an owner and clarifies that the business or organization must be located and doing business within the physical boundaries of that community development district.

Your Committee received no written comments on this measure.

Your Committee finds that in 2017, confusion arose among Honolulu city council members regarding the nomination process for members of the Hawaii Community Development Authority who represented a particular community development district. Given the important responsibility of the representatives from the community development districts in determining the development of their respective districts, your Committee believes that the nomination process needs to be amended.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(2) Making technical nonsubstantive changes for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2951, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2951, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair