STAND. COM. REP. NO.992
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: S.B. No. 1577
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 1577, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is:
(1) To create the state educational facilities repair and maintenance special fund; and
(2) To create the school physical plant operations and maintenance special fund for school repair and maintenance projects.
The Building Industry Association and the General Contractors Association of Hawaii supported the measure. The Department of Education supported the intent and the Department of Accounting and General Services commented on the measure.
Your Committee recognizes that Hawaii schools need a system for managing repair and maintenance in order to plan for future operations and prevent a repeat of the current situation of deteriorating facilities and the $600,000,000 backlog.
Your Committee has amended the measure by adding:
(1) That a school can be recommended to be demolished if the cost of the repairs do not justify the adjust life and/ or remaining life of the facility; and
(2) That the comptroller shall develop a strategy for the efficient and cost-effective use of government and private-sector workforces and consider increased flexibility through requests for proposals.
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 S.B. No. 1577, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1577, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,
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____________________________ KEN ITO, Chair |
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