STAND. COM. REP. NO. 934

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 340

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 340, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to ensure the continued availability of public housing units in the State.

More specifically, the measure appropriates $20,200,000 in each of fiscal years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 for the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to rehabilitate, remodel, renovate, and repair two hundred and fifty-five public housing units in the State.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Hawaii Public Housing Authority, Partners in Care, Catholic Charities Hawaii, and two individuals.

Your Committee finds that the funding provided by this measure will enable the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to maintain its inventory of public housing units in a safe and habitable condition.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation from $20,200,000 to an unspecified amount;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(3) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 340, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 340, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair