STAND. COM. REP. NO. 538

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 668

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 668, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to condition the authority of a county whose population is greater than five hundred thousand to exercise state housing powers upon the county's continued compliance with provisions regarding accepting dedication of infrastructure and public highways in affordable housing developments.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation.

Your Committee finds that this measure attempts so solve a thirty-year-old problem in the Villages of Kapolei where the City and County of Honolulu has not yet accepted dedication of infrastructure improvements constructed by a predecessor agency to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation despite collecting real property taxes. Due to this, the State, through the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, has had to pay for related maintenance and improvements, averaging more than $1,000,000 per year. Your Committee notes that these funds come from the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund rather than real property tax revenue collected by the City and County of Honolulu. This measure will ensure that monies in the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund are used for the development of new affordable housing rather than maintenance and improvements costs of the Villages of Kapolei.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 668, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair