STAND. COM. REP. NO. 728

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2025

RE: H.B. No. 1088

H.D. 1

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Madame:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1088, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOL IMPACT FEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to exempt housing developed by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands from school impact fees.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and School Facilities Authority. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Center for Hawaiian Sovereignty Studies. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Education and Tax Foundation of Hawaii.

Your Committee finds that this measure will allow more affordable housing for native Hawaiian beneficiaries to be developed by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands without facing additional fees that come from school impact fees.

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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1088, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair