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

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ NADINE K. NAKAMURA Co-Chair	____________________________ GLENN WAKAI Chair
____________________________ HENRY J.C. AQUINO Co-Chair	____________________________ GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN Co-Chair
____________________________ DAVID A. TARNAS Co-Chair
____________________________ JACKSON D. SAYAMA Co-Chair