STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1149

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1639
                                     S.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No.
1639, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR
     KAPOLEI HIGH SCHOOL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to provide emergency funding for
the construction of a new high school at Kapolei.  The funding
will be obtained through the elimination of part of the funding
for Iao Intermediate School construction and equipment.

     The Board of Education, the Representative for District 42,
the Estate of James Campbell, Information Services, the villages
of Kapolei Homeowners Association, and one individual testified
in support of the bill.

     Your Committee has received a message from the Governor
dated January 29, 1999:

     (1)  Stating that additional funding is needed to construct
          a new high school in the city of Kapolei to address the
          present over-enrollment and inadequate capacity at
          Campbell High School; and

     (2)  Requesting the Legislature for immediate passage of
          this bill to ensure that the new high school can open
          to grade 9 by September, 2000.


 
 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
1639, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be
placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Finance,



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair