CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. 18-02
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2002
RE: H.B. No. 2166
H.D. 1
S.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2166, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"
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 assist not-for-profit private elementary schools, secondary schools, colleges, and universities that serve the general public by authorizing the State to issue special purpose revenue bonds for their benefit, contingent upon ratification of constitutional amendment authorizing the same.
Your Committee finds that quality education is in the public interest, whether families and students choose to receive that education at public or private schools. This measure allows private schools serving the public interest to gain the resources needed to facilitate their educational mission through the use of special purpose revenue bonds.
Your Committee has amended the measure by:
(1) Altering all references to "not-for-profit private elementary schools, secondary schools, colleges, and universities that serve the general public" to read "not-for-profit private nonsectarian and sectarian elementary schools, secondary schools, colleges, and universities that serve the general public"; and
(2) Adding language regarding bond pooling which states that "the State may combine into a single issue of special purpose revenue bonds two or more proposed issues of special purpose revenue bonds to assist not-for-profit private nonsectarian and sectarian elementary schools, secondary schools, colleges, and universities, separately authorized as aforesaid, in the total amount of not exceeding the aggregate of the proposed separate issues of special purpose revenue bonds."
These amendments bring the statutory language of this measure into conformity with the constitutional amendment language in the related measure of H.B. No. 2848, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.
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 H.B. No. 2166, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2166, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
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____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair |
____________________________ KEN ITO, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ BRIAN KANNO, Co-Chair |
____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ CAL KAWAMOTO, Co-Chair |
____________________________ ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair |
____________________________ NATHAN SUZUKI, Co-Chair |