STAND. COM. REP. NO.  667

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 361

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Housing and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.B. No. 361 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to expedite the construction of affordable housing units by imposing a timeframe on the issuance of ministerial permits of 45 days from the county council's approval of a project.

 

     The Affordable Housing Regulatory Barriers Task Force, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Kamehmeha Schools, Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii, Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, Building Industry Association-Hawaii, and Hawaii Developers' Council testified in support of this bill.  The Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation supported the intent of this measure.  The Department of Planning and Permitting of the City and County of Honolulu and Sierra Club-Hawaii Chapter testified in opposition to this bill.  The City Council of the City and County of Honolulu and Housing Hawaii provided comments.

 

     Upon further consideration, your Committees have amended this bill by:

 

(1)  Changing the timeframe from 45 days from the time of county approval to 45 days from the time of application; and

 

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Housing and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 361, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 361, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

____________________________ KEN ITO, Chair		____________________________ RIDA CABANILLA, Chair