CONFERENCE
COMMITTEE REP. NO. 93
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2021
RE: S.B. No. 225
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
C.D. 1
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2021
State of Hawaii
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2021
State of Hawaii
Sirs:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 225, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT 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) Allow the cost of regional infrastructure improvements undertaken by the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to be assessed against transit-oriented development projects that specially benefit from the improvements; and
(2) Require the Hawaii Interagency Council for Transit-Oriented Development to review and make recommendations on applications for dwelling unit revolving fund subaccount funds for infrastructure projects related to transit-oriented development.
Your Committee on
Conference finds that the cost of off-site infrastructure is a major barrier to
the achievement of transit-oriented development potential statewide. Your Committee on Conference believes that
this measure will help to facilitate state investment in needed
transit-oriented development infrastructure by allowing the Hawaii Housing
Finance and Development Corporation to recover costs to help offset the
significant costs of regional infrastructure.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:
(1) Clarifying that the Hawaii Housing Finance and
Development Corporation shall consider previous
contributions by project owners to infrastructure improvements when assessing
costs against transit-oriented development projects;
(2) Exempting
the stadium development district from assessments
made under this measure;
(3) Changing the effective date to upon its approval; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and consistency.
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 S.B. No. 225, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 225, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
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ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
____________________________ NADINE K. NAKAMURA Co-Chair |
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____________________________ GLENN WAKAI Chair |
____________________________ HENRY J.C. AQUINO Co-Chair |
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____________________________ GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN Co-Chair |
____________________________ DAVID A. TARNAS Co-Chair |
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____________________________ JACKSON D. SAYAMA Co-Chair |
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