STAND. COM. REP. NO. 715

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: H.B. No. 774

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 774, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish the Pulehunui Community Development Authority as an autonomous community development authority under the Hawaii Community Development Authority for the purposes of developing the Pulehunui Community Development District; and

(2) Authorize the Hawaii Community Development Authority to obtain various forms of federal funding for construction, maintenance, and development projects in the Pulehunui Community Development District.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Department of Land and Natural Resources, and Hawaii Community Development Authority. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services and Department of Planning of the County of Maui.

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. 774, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair