STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3768

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2361

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Ways and Means and Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2361, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to facilitate assistance between the Hawaii Community Development Authority and state and county agencies.

Specifically, the measure authorizes:

(1) Any state or county agency to assist and enter into cooperative agreements with the Hawaii Community Development Authority upon request of the Authority for the purposes of chapter 206E, Hawaii Revised Statutes; and

(2) The Hawaii Community Development Authority, upon request of a state or county agency, to render services to, assist, and enter into cooperative agreements with state or county agencies for projects within and outside designated community development districts.

Your Committees received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; Department of Land and Natural Resources; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; and Hawaii Community Development Authority.

Your Committees recognize that section 206E-18, Hawaii Revised Statutes, currently authorizes state and county agencies to render services to the Hawaii Community Development Authority upon request, but does not explicitly authorize the Authority to reciprocate. Your Committees find that if the Authority is willing to use its extensive knowledge and experience to assist other state and county agencies on projects, then the Authority should have the power to do so.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Ways and Means and Judiciary that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2361, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and recommend that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Ways and Means and Judiciary,

________________________________ KARL RHOADS, Chair

________________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair