STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1094

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 1389

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1389, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ZONES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish a transit-oriented development infrastructure improvement zone program.

More specifically, this measure:

(1) Authorizes the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to establish and operate a transit-oriented development infrastructure improvement zone subaccount within the dwelling unit revolving fund;

(2) Requires the Hawaii Community Development Authority to develop the transit-oriented development infrastructure improvement zone program; and

(3) Appropriates moneys to the Hawaii Community Development Authority for 1.0 FTE position to develop and manage the transit-oriented development infrastructure improvement zone program.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Office of Planning, Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, Building Industry Association of Hawaii, and Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation.

Your Committee finds that establishing a transit-oriented development infrastructure improvement zone program will ensure that current transit-oriented development planning efforts will benefit the affected communities.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying the language with respect to the Hawaii Community Development Authority's responsibility to:

(A) Determine whether a parcel of land is a transit-oriented development infrastructure improvement zone based on specific conditions; and

(B) Adopt rules regarding any preliminary procedures required for the Authority to establish an assessment area;

(2) Amending the definition of "transit-oriented development infrastructure improvement zone" to include a requirement that a parcel of land be located in a county's transit-oriented development zone within a one-half mile radius around a transit station; and

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

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. 1389, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1389, S.D. 2.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair