STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1687

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1156
                                     S.D. 2
                                     H.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.
1156, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COST-RECOVERY FEES FOR
     DELINQUENT LIBRARY ACCOUNTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to:

     (1)  Enable the Hawaii State Public Library System to
          enforce the collection of costs incurred for delinquent
          books and other library materials by authorizing the
          Board of Education (BOE) to establish cost-recovery
          fees and set up procedures in the collection of lost
          books and overdue fines and fees charged to library
          patrons;

     (2)  Authorize the BOE to charge fees for seminars,
          workshops, and machine-readable research and reference
          materials; and

     (3)  Specify that the cost-recovery fees be deposited into
          the Libraries Special Fund.

     The Hawaii State Public Library System and the BOE testified
in support of this measure.


 
 
 
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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.
1156, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair