STAND. COM. REP. NO.1246-02
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2002
RE: S.B. No. 2068
S.D. 2
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2068, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOL REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Indemnify, retroactive to January 1, 2002, providers of construction or project-related professional services that contract with Helping Hands Hawaii through Hawaii 3R's to perform pro bono or reduced-cost services for the repair and maintenance of public schools in Hawaii; and
(2) Appropriate an unspecified amount of funds for fiscal year 2002-2003 for a position in the Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS) to coordinate public and private efforts to repair and maintain public schools.
A United States Senator from Hawaii, Department of Education, DAGS, Hawaii 3R's, American Society of Civil Engineers, Paul Louie & Associates, Inc., Nagamine Okawa Engineers Inc., Aylward Enterprises, Inc., and two concerned citizens supported this bill.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Clarifying the language of the bill; and
(2) Making other technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style and clarity.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2068, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2068, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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