STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1967

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.R. No. 126

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.R. No. 126 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS TO IDENTIFY RESOURCES NEEDED TO EXECUTE A PLAN TO REPAIR HOMES FOR SAFE HABITATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to identify resources needed to execute a plan to repair homes for safe habitation.

Your Committee received testimony on this measure with comments from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. Your Committee received testimony in support from one individual.

Your Committee finds that properties in already-developed communities may be unoccupied for various reasons, including a pending transfer or the inability of lessees to afford to maintain the home, thereby rendering the home unlivable or unsafe. Unoccupied properties, if repaired, have the potential to house the existing lessees or new lessees of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 126 and recommends its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair