STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1018

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 534

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 534, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to hire an additional security guard to improve security and monitoring at the Alu Street gate of Kalihi Valley Homes public housing.

The Hawaii Public Housing Authority and several individuals testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Amending the appropriation to an unspecified amount;

(2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate further discussion; and

(3)  Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 534, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 534, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair