STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 319-20
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2020
RE: H.B. No. 2446
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirtieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2020
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs and Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 2446 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The
purpose of this measure is to
require the State Historic Preservation Division to contract its review of
proposed state projects, projects on privately owned historic property, and
projects affecting historic property to third-party consultants if the projects
involve the development of affordable housing and the State Historic Preservation
Division (SHPD) will not be able to complete its review within sixty days.
Your Committees find the State is
experiencing a severe affordable housing crisis. Your Committees further find that there is a
backlog in historic preservation review of proposed projects. This measure addresses the backlog in SHPD by
requiring SHPD to contract with third-party consultants if SHPD will not be
able to complete its review within sixty days.
Your
Committees have amended this measure by:
(1) Clarifying that it only applies to projects
where at least eighty percent of the units are intended as affordable housing;
(2) Allowing SHPD to conduct an initial evaluation
of its ability to complete a review within sixty days before triggering the
requirement to obtain a third-party consultant;
(3) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050,
to encourage further discussion; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments
for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
Your Committees note the concern that allowing SHPD to conduct an initial evaluation to determine if SHPD can meet the sixty day deadline to provide written concurrence or non-concurrence may result in additional delays for a review.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2446, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2446, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs and Housing,
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____________________________ TOM BROWER, Chair |
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____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair |
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