STAND. COM. REP. NO. 979-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 2512

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2512, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO OHANA ZONES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to expand regulatory exemptions for Ohana Zones Pilot Program contracts and extend the sunset date and appropriate funds for the pilot program.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Partners In Care, Catholic Charities Hawai‘i, St. Michael the Archangel Church, Na Kahua Hale O Ulu Wini, Hawai‘i Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice, HOPE Services Hawai‘i, and four individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources and Department of Human Services. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of the Attorney General, Department of Budget and Finance, Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency, Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness, and Collaborative Quality Consulting.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount; and

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

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. 2512, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2512, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair