Bill Text: HI SB439 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Hawaii Public Housing Authority; Private Partnerships

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [SB439 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SB439-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 159

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 439

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Education and Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 439 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Authorize the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to develop public housing projects under a partnership or development agreement with a private party;

 

     (2)  Provide exemptions from chapters 103 and 103D, Hawaii Revised Statutes; and

 

     (3)  Require an annual report to the Legislature on the status on all public housing projects developed under partnership of development agreements.

 

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by one state agency.  One state agency submitted comments.  Copies of written testimony are available for review on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that the Board of Directors of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority has authorized the agency to investigate the feasibility of such agreements and partnerships. Your Committee has heard, however, that the Authority does not have the necessary staff and expertise to engage in development partnerships.  In addition, the Authority is prohibited from using federal funds to redevelop any state public housing project.

 

Your Committee understands the concerns raised regarding the need for additional staffing, and encourages further legislative discussion of funding availability.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure to:

 

     (1)  Clarify that the exemptions from chapters 103 and 103D, Hawaii Revised Statutes, would not apply if restricted by federal law or regulation; and

 

     (2)  Amend the effective date to July 1, 2045, for the purpose of encouraging further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education and Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 439, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 439, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations.

 

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

 

		____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair