Bill Text: HI HR112 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishing A Department Of Hawaiian Home Lands Housing Construction Oversight Committee To Oversee And Regulate The Use Of The $600,000,000 Pledged To Assist In The Development Of Affordable Housing.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-30 - Failed to adopt report with 20 Ayes Representative(s) Aquino, Clark, Costales, Eli, Har, Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Johanson, Kitagawa, Kong, Luke, Matsumoto, McDermott, Mizuno, Nakashima, Okimoto, Onishi, Saiki, Ward, Yamashita; 27 Noes Representative(s) Belatti, Branco, Ganaden, Gates, Ilagan, Kapela, B. Kobayashi, D. Kobayashi, LoPresti, Lowen, Marten, Matayoshi, McKelvey, Morikawa, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Perruso, Quinlan, Sayama, Takayama, Takumi, Tam, Tarnas, Tokioka, Wildberger, Woodson, Yamane; and 4 Excused Representative(s) Hashem, Holt, Ohno, Todd. [HR112 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2022-HR112-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.R. NO.	112
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE RESOLUTION

 

 

Requesting the state house of representatives to create a department of hawaiian home lands housing construction oversight committee.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, in 1995, the State of Hawaii was ordered to pay a $600 million settlement to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands for the misuse of Hawaiian home lands from 1959 to 1988; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands carries out Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana'ole's vision of returning native Hawaiians to Hawaiian home lands; and

 

     WHEREAS, the State of Hawaii has pledged $600 million to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to assist in developing affordable housing; and

 

     WHEREAS, an investment of $600 million toward the implementation of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act would be a historic infusion of resources to address the needs of thousands of beneficiaries on the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands waiting list; and

 

     WHEREAS, multiple state funded construction projects have failed to be completed in a timely manner, and have failed to stay within the initially estimated budget; and

 

     WHEREAS, the citizens of Hawaii hold skepticism on the ability of the state and other departments to efficiently and cost effectively complete construction projects; and

 

     WHEREAS, thousands of potential beneficiaries have already been on Department of Hawaiian Home Lands waiting list for decades and should be afforded efficiency in the utilization of the $600 million; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2022, that this body appoint a Housing Construction Oversight Committee for the purpose of overseeing and regulating the use of the $600 million within the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the oversight committee develop and enforce a deadline for the construction and development of affordable housing to ensure cost effectiveness and efficiency; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the oversight committee operate under full transparency and uphold sunshine laws; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED the oversight committee ensures all $600 million is spent on the development of homesteads and upholds Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalaniana'ole's vision; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Department Of Hawaiian Home Lands, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Requests the creation of a Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Construction Oversight Committee.