STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2317

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3050

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Water and Land, to which was referred S.B. No. 3050 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to clarify that upon request, the Hawaii Community Development Authority may render services to and assist state and county agencies with projects within or outside of designated community development districts.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Department of Land and Natural Resources; Hawaiʻi Community Development Authority; and one individual.

Your Committee finds that the Hawaii Community Development Authority is the State's redevelopment agency that is responsible for community renewal by promoting and coordinating public and private sector development. The Hawaii Community Development Authority's expertise in master planning communities, infrastructure development and improvement, and project management would be indispensable to state and county agencies working on projects within and outside of designated community development districts. This measure will benefit the public, improve conditions for residents of Hawaii, and enhance collaborative work involving the Hawaii Community Development Authority and other state agencies.

Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting an effective date of July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water and Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3050, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3050, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committees on Ways and Means and Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water and Land,

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair