STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2774

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3061

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism and Water and Land, to which was referred S.B. No. 3061 entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to amend the nominating authority of the representatives of the Heeia Community Development District, Kalaeloa Community Development District, and Kakaako Community Development District in the Hawaii Community Development Authority.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from Hawaii's Thousand Friends, Kaka‘ako United, and two individuals.

Your Committees find that the Hawaii Community Development Authority is the state agency with jurisdiction over all community development districts in the State. Your Committees further find that under existing law, the county councils are authorized to nominate members to represent each community development district the Hawaii Community Development Authority Board. This allowed county council members who are not representatives of certain community development districts to have authority to influence the removal and selection of members of the Hawaii Community Development Authority Board. Your Committees believe that as the community development districts are under the direction of the Hawaii Community Development Authority, a state agency, the authority to nominate members to the board should lay with state representatives. This measure will authorize the appropriate state representatives to nominate board members, who will in turn represent each community development district, to the Hawaii Community Development Authority Board.

Your Committees have amended this measure by making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism and Water and Land that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3061, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3061, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism and Water and Land,

________________________________ KAIALI'I KAHELE, Chair

________________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Chair