STAND. COM. REP. NO.  2002-22

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2022

 

RE:   S.B. No. 3168

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 3168, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to expand regulatory exemptions for Ohana Zones Pilot Program contracts, extend the sunset date of the pilot program, and appropriate funds for the pilot program.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from AARP Hawaii, Partners in Care, Opportunity Youth Action Hui, Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice, Hawaiian Community Assets, Hawaii Community Lending, Young Democrats of Hawaii, and three individuals.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness, Department of the Attorney General, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Budget and Finance, Department of Human Services, Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, Catholic Charities Hawaii, and Hawaii Habitat for Humanity Association.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Inserting a preamble to demonstrate the need for the expansion of regulatory exemptions for Ohana Zones Pilot Program contracts;

 

     (2)  Removing certain regulatory exemptions, thereby subjecting Ohana Zones Pilot Program contracts to:

 

          (A)  The counties' authority to remove debris, or enforce any private responsibility to remove debris, from channels, shores, and beaches;

 

          (B)  Certain conditions for county building permit and building code exemptions for agricultural buildings and structures;

 

          (C)  Laws related to the disposition of public lands;

 

          (D)  Laws related to the Department of Human Services;

 

          (E)  Laws related to coastal zone management; and

 

          (F)  Public works wage and hour laws;

 

     (3)  Providing that no contract or structures constructed pursuant to the Pilot Program shall be exempt from county, state, or federal floodplain management development standards, statutes, codes, ordinances, rules, or regulations with which compliance is required under the National Flood Insurance Program;

 

     (4)  Removing the provision that required the State to be the payor of last resort for all expenses related to the Ohana Zones Pilot Program; and

 

     (5)  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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3168, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3168, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair