THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2022
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Senator Stanley Chang, Chair |
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Senator Dru Mamo Kanuha, Vice Chair |
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Senator Sharon Y. Moriwaki, Chair |
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Senator Donovan M. Dela Cruz, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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Thursday, March 17, 2022 |
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1:30pm |
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Conference Room 225 & Videoconference |
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PHOTO ID AND PROOF OF 1) FULL VACCINATION OR 2) A NEGATIVE COVID-19 TEST TAKEN WITHIN
72-HOURS REQUIRED FOR ENTRANCE TO THE STATE CAPITOL BEGINNING ON MARCH 7, 2022
BUILDING HOURS: 7AM TO 5PM, MONDAY - FRIDAY
This policy is subject to change and may be adjusted based on evolving COVID-19 guidelines.
Please check the Legislature’s website for updates www.capitol.hawaii.gov.
Effective March 7, 2022, the Legislature will accept written, videoconference, and in-person testimony at public hearings.
A live stream of all Senate Standing Committee meetings will be available on the Senate YouTube Channel.
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RELATING TO BONDS. Specifies that the entire allocation of the state bond ceiling shall be allocated to the HHFDC to be used for housing-related projects. Requires the HHFDC, in consultation with the respective counties, to allocate specified percentage amounts for housing-related projects in each county. Authorizes the HHFDC to accumulate each county's annual allocation before assigning the allocation for housing-related projects, pursuant to the discretion of the HHFDC board of directors. Authorizes the HHFCD, with the approval of the governor, to assign and reassign the HHFDC's allocation to the counties. Removes the authorization for the department of budget and finance to request return of all or any part of the allocations of any of the counties and to assign and reassign the allocation to other counties or issuers. Removes the authorization for counties or issuers to request additional allocations of the state bond ceiling. Changes the deadlines for reporting on unused or unassigned allocations and reversion of certain allocations to the State. Sunsets 12/31/2028. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD2)
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RELATING TO HOUSING. Requires each county to submit biennial reports to the legislature on its efforts to reduce zoning and regulatory barriers to housing development. Requires the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation and Hawaii public housing authority to submit biennial reports, based on their individual review of the counties' reports, to the legislature and their respective board on streamlining affordable housing development. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
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Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
All testimony received by the Hawai‘i Senate is posted on the Hawai‘i Legislature's website, which is accessible to the public. Please do not include private information that you do not want disclosed to the public.
Please go to the Legislature's website, www.capitol.hawaii.gov, to submit written testimony at least 24 hours prior to the hearing. Create a free account on the website, or sign in to an existing account, then click on the "Testimony" icon on the home page to get started. While submitting your written testimony, you will be prompted to indicate if you would also like to testify at the hearing in-person or remotely via videoconference.
Please note the following:
· The number of oral testifiers and/or time allotted to each testifier may be limited by the Chair when necessary to adhere to the committee hearing schedule. We may not be able to accommodate everyone who requests to testify orally.
· Testifiers for this hearing will be limited to 2 minutes each.
If you wish to testify via videoconference during the hearing, please review the detailed step-by-step instructions for testimony procedures before you submit your written testimony. Here's a direct link to the instructions: https://capitol.hawaii.gov/docs/testimonyinstructions2022.pdf
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For special assistance: The cable TV broadcast and/or live stream of this meeting will include closed captioning. If you require other auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., interpretive services (oral or written) or ASL interpreter), or are unable to submit testimony via the website due to a disability, please contact the committee at [email protected] at least 24 hours prior to the hearing.
For amended notices: Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored. If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT (808) 586-8420.
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_____________________________________ Senator Sharon Moriwaki Chair |
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_____________________________________ Senator Stanley Chang Chair |
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