STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3303

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3061

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3061, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to change the way the representatives of the Heeia Community Development District, Kalaeloa Community Development District, and Kakaako Community Development District are nominated to serve on the Hawaii Community Development Authority.

Specifically, this measure:

(1) Removes the authority of the county council of the county in which each community development district is located to nominate the members representing that community development district; and

(2) Provides that of the three members representing each community development district, one member each shall be nominated by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from Kakaako United, Hawaii's Thousand Friends, and three individuals.

Your Committee finds that because the Hawaii Community Development Authority is a state agency, it is appropriate for the Legislature, rather than the county councils, to nominate certain members of the authority representing the various community development districts.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying provisions relating to the nomination and appointment of Hawaii Community Development Authority board members who represent the various community development districts;

(2) Providing that the Hawaii Community Development Authority shall not have jurisdiction over the development of lands under the jurisdiction of the Stadium Authority, unless authorized by the Stadium Authority;

(3) Repealing certain statutory provisions to eliminate the stadium development district;

(4) Amending Act 268, Session Laws of Hawaii 2019, by:

(A) Making the Stadium Authority, rather than the Hawaii Community Development Authority, responsible for expending the general funds and general obligation bond proceeds appropriated by that Act; and

(B) Authorizing the Stadium Authority, rather than the Hawaii Community Development Authority, to issue the revenue bonds authorized by that Act, and providing for the deposit of the revenue bond proceeds into an unspecified fund, rather than the Hawaii community development revolving fund;

(5) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(6) 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. 3061, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3061, 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