STAND. COM. REP. NO. 122

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 551

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 551 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to amend the law relating to housing.

Prior to the hearing on this measure, your Committee posted and made available for public review a proposed S.D. 1, which amends this measure by deleting its contents and replacing it with language that clarifies that notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation may develop certain housing projects that shall be exempt from all statutes, ordinances, charter provisions, and rules relating to planning, zoning, and other certain standards, provided that certain conditions are met.

Your Committee has amended this measure by adopting the proposed S.D. 1.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 551, as amended herein, and recommends that it be recommitted to your Committee on Housing, in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 551, S.D. 1, for further consideration.

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

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STANLEY CHANG, Chair