STAND. COM. REP. NO. 445

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 1185

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Housing and Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 1185 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for statewide planning and coordination for transit-oriented development projects identified in the State Strategic Plan for Transit-Oriented Development.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Chief Housing Officer of the Office of the Governor, Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, and one individual. Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.

Your Committees find that the promotion of mixed-use development and affordable housing within transit-oriented development areas in the State is one of the most viable means for addressing the need for affordable housing. Since the establishment of the Hawaii Interagency Council for Transit-Oriented Development, the State has appropriated capital improvement project funds to support planning of transit-oriented development projects in all four counties. This measure further maintains and enhances the capacity to support planning of state and county transit-oriented development projects, including infrastructure assessments, mixed-use development, and affordable housing.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

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

Your Committees respectfully request your Committee on Finance, should it deliberate on this measure, to consider an appropriation amount of $2,000,000.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Housing and Water & Land that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1185, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1185, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Housing and Water & Land,

____________________________ LINDA ICHIYAMA, Chair

____________________________ TROY N. HASHIMOTO, Chair