STAND. COM. REP. NO. 190-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 3004
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No.
3004 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LIBRARIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to expedite the construction of
public libraries statewide by authorizing the Board of Education
(Board) to enter into development agreements with private
developers.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Hawaii State Library System.  Comments were submitted by the
Department of Budget and Finance.
  
     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Deleting the reference to the 2001 deadline in which
          the Board is to submit a report to the Legislature; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments to correct
          drafting errors.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
3004, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 3004, H.D. 1, and
be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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



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                                   KEN ITO, Chair