STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2949

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3120

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 Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3120, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to clarify organizational roles within the Hawaii Public Housing Authority.

More specifically, the measure:

(1) Establishes and makes exempt from chapter 76, Hawaii Revised statutes, the position of Housing Policy and Program Coordinator;

(2) Clarifies that the employment of staff for certain positions and the adjustment of salaries for those positions are authorized by the Executive Director of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority, not the Hawaii Public Housing Authority Board of Directors; and

(3) Repeals the wage ceiling requirement for positions in the Hawaii Public Housing Authority.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Hawaii Public Housing Authority.

Your Committee finds that the new role and management structures established by this measure will help the Hawaii Public Housing Authority address more efficiently the State's critical shortage of affordable housing.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3120, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair