HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.C.R. NO.

89

THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

urging the director of finance to adopt administrative rules TO DEFINE "beneficial effectS to the State" IN SECTION 38-2, HAWAII REVISED sTATUTES, TO INCLUDE THE FINANCING OF HOUSING.

 

 


     WHEREAS, limited supply of housing continues to be a major issue for the State; and

 

     WHEREAS, the State must expand financing options to increase housing in Hawaii; and

 

     WHEREAS, the moneys collected by the State are held in trust for the benefit of the public and thus decisions related to where and how to invest the public treasury concern matters of public policy; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Director of Finance is granted the discretion to invest the public treasury with certain depositaries, subject to the approval of the Governor and certain statutory requirements found in section 38-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, including the requirements to "consider the beneficial effects to the State of using depositories within the State"; and

 

     WHEREAS, the State can incentivize depositories to help address and increase the State's housing inventory; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that depositaries that have issued loans with favorable terms to housing developers for the benefit of Hawaii residents should be considered to have beneficial effects to the State, as these loans help lower development costs and expand the State's ability to create affordable housing; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2024, the Senate concurring, that the Director of Finance is urged to adopt administrative rules to define "beneficial effects to the State" in section 38-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to include the financing of housing; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Finance.

 

 

 

 

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title: 

Banks; Loans; Housing; Director of Finance; State Treasury Depository