STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2452

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2683

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 2683 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to shift the nominating authority for three members of the Hawaii Community Development Authority from the Honolulu City Council to the offices of the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Hawaii Community Development Authority.

Your Committee finds 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 Committee further finds 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 for certain members of the Hawaii Community Development Authority and places it within more appropriate offices.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Adjusting the membership of the Hawaii Community Development Authority as follows:

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

(B) Reducing the number of district representatives of the Heeia, Kalaeloa, and Kakaako Community Development Districts by one, respectively; and

(C) Removing the Chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission;

(2) Specifying that the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives shall submit a list of three nominees for each district to the Governor to fill the two district representative positions of each community development district;

(3) Clarifying the requirements of the nominees for each community development district;

(4) Including the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and the Director of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu as voting members considered in determining quorum for matters affecting the Heeia, Kalaeloa, and Kakaako Community Development Districts, respectively; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2683, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2683, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Government Operations,

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SHARON MORIWAKI, Chair