CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO.120

                            Honolulu, Hawaii
                                            , 2000

                            RE:   S.B. No. 3026
                                  S.D. 1
                                  H.D. 1
                                  C.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the
Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives
in S.B. No. 3026, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:  

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES," 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to
recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final
passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this bill is to improve the quality of
Hawaii's primary and secondary public school facilities by, among
other things:

     (1)  Establishing special funds to eliminate the backlog of
          projects existing on June 30, 2000, and pay for school
          repairs and cyclical maintenance projects scheduled
          after June 30, 2000; and

     (2)  Authorizing the Department of Budget and Finance to
          issue general obligation bonds for the two special
          funds and making other related appropriations.

 
 
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     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this
bill by expanding the scope of the bill by seeking to improve
Hawaii's primary, secondary, and college level facilities.  As
amended, this bill:

     (1)  Eliminates the two new special funds and related
          references, requirement for a six-year program and
          financial plan for school repair and maintenance,
          departmental school district business and fiscal
          officer positions, authorization to accept donated
          repair and maintenance services and materials,
          authorization to enter into cooperative agreements with
          the U.S. Department of Defense, allocation
          requirements, and listing requirements;

     (2)  Appropriates $30,000,000 for repair, maintenance, and
          improvement projects for the Department of Education;

     (3)  Appropriates $15,000,000 for repair, maintenance, and
          improvement projects for the University of Hawaii;

     (4)  Exempts the expenditure of appropriations for any
          repair, maintenance, or improvement project with a
          total cost of less than $100,000 from the Hawaii Public
          Procurement Code under chapter 103D, Hawaii Revised
          Statutes;

     (5)  Requires that a separate contract file be maintained
          for each project funded; and

     (6)  Makes other technical, nonsubstantive amendments for
          purposes of clarity and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your
Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your
Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 3026, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and
recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto
as S.B. No. 3026, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the managers:

  ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE           ON THE PART OF THE SENATE




_____________________________     _______________________________
Rep. KEN ITO                      Sen. DAVID Y. IGE
Co-Chair                          Co-Chair



_____________________________     _______________________________
Rep. BERTHA C. KAWAKAMI           Sen. NORMAN SAKAMOTO
Co-Chair                          Co-Chair


                                  _______________________________
                                  Sen. CAROL FUKUNAGA
                                  Co-Chair


                                  _______________________________
                                  Sen. ANDREW LEVIN
                                  Co-Chair