STAND. COM. REP. NO. 286-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 2034

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 2034 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Remove county councils as the nominating authority for members of the Hawaii Community Development Authority who serve as representatives of the Heeia, Kalaeloa, and Kakaako community development districts; and

(2) Allow the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives to nominate representatives of each of the three community development districts.

Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Hawaii Community Development Authority.

Your Committee finds that this measure allows the State to retain greater authority over the Hawaii Community Development Authority, which is a state-level agency.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Further modifying the composition of the Hawaii Community Development Authority by:

(A) Adding the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism;

(B) Removing the Chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission as a member;

(C) Reducing the number of resident representative members of each community development district by one;

(D) Making the director of planning and permitting of each county a voting, rather than a nonvoting, member;

(E) Increasing the number of nominees to be submitted by the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives for each of the at-large members by one;

(F) Decreasing the number of nominees to be submitted by the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives for each community development district representative from nine to three; and

(G) Deleting one at-large member to be appointed by the Governor;

(2) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2034, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2034, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water & Land,

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair