STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3486

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2034

H.D. 2

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Water and Land and Government Operations, to which was referred H.B. No. 2034, H.D. 2, 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 membership of the Hawaii Community Development Authority by:

(1) Removing the county council as the nominating authority for the community development district representatives;

(2) Removing one at-large member;

(3) Reducing the number of district resident representatives; and

(4) Making the Director of Planning and Permitting of each county a voting, rather than a nonvoting, member.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Community Development Authority. Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from two individuals.

Your Committees find that under existing law, the Honolulu City Council has nominating authority for three members of the Hawaii Community Development Authority, who represent the Kaakaako, Kalaeloa, and Heeia community development districts. Your Committees further find that this nominating authority is more appropriately placed within the offices of the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives as the Hawaii Community Development Authority is a state agency. Accordingly, this measure removes the Honolulu City Council's nomination authority and places it within more appropriate offices.

Your Committees have amended this measure by making it effective on July 1, 2022.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water and Land and Government Operations that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2034, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2034, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committees on Judiciary and Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Water and Land and Government Operations,

________________________________ SHARON MORIWAKI, Chair

________________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair