CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.121
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: S.B. No. 1577
S.D. 2
H.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
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. 1577, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, 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 measure is to create the State Educational Facilities Repair and Maintenance Special Fund and the School Physical Plant Operations and Maintenance Special Fund for school repair and maintenance projects.
Your Committee has amended the measure by:
(1) Changing all references from "special fund" to "account";
(2) Establishing accounts for school repair and maintenance appropriations under AGS 807 Physical Plant Operations;
(3) Authorizing the exemption of these projects from chapter 464-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which requires that the plans and construction of all public works in excess of $15,000 be reviewed and supervised by a licensed professional engineer, architect, or landscape architect;
(4) Eliminating a proposed new section to chapter 302A (identified as Section 302A-C in S.B. No. 1577, S.D. 2, H.D. 2) which would have dealt with the donation of goods and services to projects under this program;
(5) Reducing the number of district business and fiscal officers from eighteen to eight and appropriating out of the general revenues of the State $300,000 for fiscal years 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 to fund those positions;
(6) Adding three positions (two Building Inspector II positions and one Clerk Typist III) to the Department of Accounting and General Services to facilitate the implementation of the measure;
(7) Adding a provision requiring the comptroller to develop internal policies and procedures for the procurement of goods, services, and construction, consistent with the goals of public accountability and public procurement practices, but not subject to chapter 103D;
(8) Deleting the formula by which allocations would have been made to the school physical plant operations and maintenance account; and
(9) Utilizing the six-year program and financial plan as a vehicle to assist the Legislature in determining annual funding requirements to provide for a continual repair and maintenance program to prevent back logs in the future.
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. 1577, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1577, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
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____________________________ KEN ITO, Co-Chair |
____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair |
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____________________________ BOB NAKASONE, Co-Chair |
____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair |
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