STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1144-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: S.B. No. 2836

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Water & Land and Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 2836, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MAUI'S PERMANENT HOUSING RECOVERY,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to ensure that the State has a unified vision and approach toward the development and redevelopment of public lands on the island of Maui by establishing an Interagency Council for Maui Housing Recovery within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to coordinate effective and efficient housing development and redevelopment of state and county lands on Maui.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands; Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation; Office of Planning and Sustainable Development; Hawaii Public Housing Authority; Maui Chamber of Commerce; and one individual. Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual. Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Office of the Governor and Disability and Communication Access Board.

Your Committees find that as one of the largest landowners on the island of Maui, the State must be proactive in coordinating planning and development efforts among public agencies to maximize the benefits derived from the development and redevelopment of Maui's public lands.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Making the Hawaiian cultural advisor on the Hawaii Interagency Council for Maui Housing Recovery a voting member;

(2) Changing its effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

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

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Water & Land and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2836, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2836, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Water & Land and Housing,

____________________________ LUKE A. EVSLIN, Chair

____________________________ LINDA ICHIYAMA, Chair