Bill Text: HI SB442 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: County Infrastructure Development Revolving Loan Fund
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [SB442 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-SB442-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 277
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 442
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. 442 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to authorize and appropriate funds for the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to grant funds to affordable housing developers to contract for third-party review and certification to expedite the processing and issuance of building permits for an affordable housing project that is part of a transit oriented development.
Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by one state agency, two county agencies, and two private organizations. Testimony in opposition was submitted by one state agency. Comments were submitted by one state agency. Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.
Your Committee finds that this measure is one of many under consideration by the Legislature in response to severe shortages of affordable housing in Hawaii. Your Committee is concerned that a long-term economic crisis will further worsen what is already a challenging housing market for Hawaii residents.
Your Committee further finds that the City and County of Honolulu's mass transit project offers exceptional opportunities for the development of affordable housing. Your Committee has heard and approved a wide range of proposed affordable housing initiatives in transit oriented development and encourages further legislative discussions on the proposal in this measure.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Designating the majority of the existing provisions contained in the measure as received by your Committee as part I, and adding definitions for "code", "third‑party certification", third-party review", and "transit oriented development";
(2) Designating a part II, which would add a new chapter in the Hawaii Revised Statutes, establishing a Commission on Transit Oriented Development and Commission membership and functions; and
(3) Amending the purpose section to reflect the above changes.
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. 442, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 442, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education and Housing,
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____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair |
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