STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3320

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2361

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water and Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 2361, H.D. 1, 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 authorize the Hawaii Community Development Authority to render services to and assist state and county agencies upon request.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources; Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Hawaiʻi Community Development Authority; and one individual.

Your Committee finds that the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA) wishes to utilize its cumulative experience and knowledge to assist other state and county agencies. Currently, section 206E-18, Hawaii Revised Statutes, allows state or county agencies to render services to the HCDA upon request, but does not authorize the HCDA to reciprocate. This measure clarifies that the HCDA may provide services to and assist state and county agencies on projects within and outside designated community development districts upon request.

Your Committee notes that other state agencies would benefit from the assistance and expertise of the HCDA. Therefore, your Committee recommends that this measure be amended to require rather than allow the HCDA to render services to a state or county agency upon request.

Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting an effective date of July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water and Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2361, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2361, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committees on Ways and Means and Judiciary.

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

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair