STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3357

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2023

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Housing and Water and Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 2023, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriate funds for certain transit-oriented development projects identified in the state strategic plan for transit-oriented development.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Interagency Council for Transit-Oriented Development, Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, and Maui Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Board. Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.

Your Committees find that mixed-use and transit-oriented development advances the State's objectives to provide economic opportunities, increase access to affordable housing, and promote environmentally sustainable lifestyles. To coordinate transit-oriented development, the Legislature established the Hawaii Interagency Council for Transit-Oriented Development and appropriated capital improvement funds to the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development. However, the interest in transit-oriented development projects has led to requests for funding that exceed the funds available. This measure authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds to support transit-oriented development in the State.

Your Committees have amended this measure by inserting an appropriation amount of $2,000,000.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Housing and Water and Land that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2023, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2023, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Housing and Water and Land,

________________________________ LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair

________________________________ STANLEY CHANG, Chair