STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 1052-20
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2020
RE: S.B. No. 2054
S.D. 2
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 Transportation and Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 2054, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The
purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Specify that the cost of regional infrastructure improvements made by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC) may be assessed against transit-oriented development projects specifically benefiting from the improvements; and
(2) Require the Hawaii Interagency Council for Transit-Oriented Development to review and make recommendations on applications for subaccount funds for infrastructure projects related to transit-oriented development.
Your Committees find that
authorizing HHFDC to recapture some of the costs of regional infrastructure
improvements from transit-oriented development projects that derive specific
benefits from those improvements is an equitable means of spreading the cost of
those improvements. According to HHFDC,
parcels benefiting from the improvements would pay their proportionate share
based on a formula.
Your
Committees further find that requiring the Hawaii Interagency Council for
Transit-Oriented Development to review and make recommendations on applications
for subaccount funds for transit-oriented infrastructure improvements provides
for a central advisory body with specific expertise and responsibilities in the
subject area to filter such applications and provide guidance. This requirement would also enable the Hawaii
Interagency Council for Transit-Oriented Development to assure alignment of the
infrastructure projects funded with the regional needs and priorities it has identified.
Your
Committees have amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050,
to encourage further discussion; and
(2) Making a technical,
nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Transportation and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2054, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2054, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Transportation and Housing,
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____________________________ TOM BROWER, Chair |
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____________________________ HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair |
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