STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1774-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: S.B. No. 2836

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2836, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MAUI'S PERMANENT HOUSING RECOVERY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish and appropriate funds for an Interagency Council for Maui Housing Recovery to coordinate effective and efficient housing development and redevelopment of state and county lands on Maui.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands; Office of Planning and Sustainable Development; Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation; Hawaii Public Housing Authority; Maui Chamber of Commerce; and Maui Hotel & Lodging Association. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Office of the Governor.

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 S.B. No. 2836, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair