Bill Text: HI SB918 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation; Board Members

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-21 - Re-Referred to HOU, JDL. [SB918 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2016-SB918-Introduced.html

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

918

TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2015

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to the hawaii housing finance and development corporation.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 201H-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  There is created a board of directors of the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation consisting of nine members, of whom six shall be public members appointed by the governor as provided in section 26-34.  [At least four of the public members shall have knowledge and expertise in public or private financing and development of affordable housing.  Public members shall be appointed from each of the counties of Honolulu, Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai.] Four of the public members shall be appointed by the governor from a list of three nominees submitted for each position by each of the county councils of Honolulu, Hawaii, Maui, and Kauai; provided that each nominee submitted by the county councils shall have knowledge and expertise in public or private financing and development of affordable housing.  At least one public member shall represent community advocates for low-income housing, affiliated with private nonprofit organizations that serve the residents of low-income housing.  The public members of the board shall serve four-year staggered terms; provided that the initial appointments shall be as follows:

     (1)  Two members to be appointed for four years;

     (2)  Two members to be appointed for three years; and

     (3)  Two members to be appointed for two years.

The director of business, economic development, and tourism and the director of finance, or their designated representatives, and a representative of the governor's office, shall be ex officio[[,]] voting members.  The corporation shall be headed by the board."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2015.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation; Board Members

 

Description:

Amends the composition of the Hawaii housing finance and development corporation board of directors to require that four of the nine voting members shall be public members appointed by the governor and nominated by each county council.

 

 

 

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