CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 173

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: H.B. No. 774

H.D. 1

S.D. 2

C.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 774, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish a Pulehunui Community Development District to redevelop, renovate, and improve public lands in Pulehunui, Maui;

(2) Amend the composition and duties of the Hawaii Community Development Authority;

(3) Establish Community Development District Authority Boards to govern each of the community development districts; and

(4) Reassign certain powers and duties from the Hawaii Community Development Authority to the Community Development District Authority Boards.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Modifying the manner in which Community Development District Authority Board members are appointed and the term of the director of planning and permitting member;

(2) Making the Director of Finance, Director of Transportation, and Director of the Office of Planning, or their designees, voting members of the Community Development District Authority Boards and the Hawaii Community Development Authority and making their terms on each board run concurrently with their official terms of office;

(3) Adding as members of the Hawaii Community Development Authority two at-large members with expertise in urban planning, infrastructure, or financing;

(4) Granting the Hawaii Community Development Authority exclusive power to make and alter bylaws for the organization and internal management of itself and District Authority Boards;

(5) Removing the requirement that in making the initial appointments to the Community Development District Authority Boards, the Governor must strive to retain each existing member of the Hawaii Community Development Authority and place them on a Community Development District Authority Board;

(6) Requiring all rules, policies, procedures, guidelines, and other materials adopted or developed by the Hawaii Community Development Authority prior to July 1, 2022, that implement provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes to remain in full force and effect until amended or repealed;

(7) Requiring all actions taken by the Hawaii Community Development Authority prior to July 1, 2022, to remain in full force and effect until amended or repealed;

(8) Changing the effective date of certain portions of this measure to July 1, 2021, and all other portions to July 1, 2022; and

(9) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 774, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 774, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ GLENN WAKAI Chair	____________________________ DAVID A. TARNAS Co-Chair
____________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE Co-Chair	____________________________ KYLE T. YAMASHITA Co-Chair
____________________________ SHARON MORIWAKI Co-Chair