Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1016 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to give Board of Education members the same immunity from civil liability that applies to members of appointed state boards and commissions.

The Board of Education submitted testimony in support of the measure.

Your Committee finds that Board of Education members do not receive a salary with which to purchase liability insurance for actions or omissions within the scope of their official duties. Since the State currently provides members of appointed boards immunity from civil liability, fairness requires that the same protection be extended to elected members of the Board of Education.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1016 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.