STAND. COM. REP. NO. 25

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 17

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 17 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for the Hawaii Public Housing Authority.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Public Housing Authority.

Your Committee finds that this measure provides a legislative vehicle should funding become available for the purposes of this measure prior to the end of the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Inserting language to appropriate or authorize funds from various sources for specific programs, positions, and fringe benefits, as recommended by the Hawaii Public Housing Authority; and

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

Your Committee's intent in recommending this measure for passage is for the items expressed in this measure to be incorporated into the General Appropriations Act of 2019, or other appropriate legislative vehicle, or to be adopted separately. As such, your Committee requests your Committee on Ways and Means to incorporate the items in this measure into the appropriate legislative vehicle or amend this measure to include any provisions necessary to effectuate its purpose and intent.

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 S.B. No. 17, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 17, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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STANLEY CHANG, Chair