Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Education and Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2792 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to transfer public safety functions and employees relating to the after hour contracts at Department of Education facilities from the Department of Public Safety to the Hawaii State Public Library System.

Your Committees heard testimony in support of the measure from the State Librarian and Director of Public Safety.

Your Committees find it to be in the public interest to maintain public libraries as safe and welcoming environments, especially in light of the amount of children served by the state library system.

Upon further consideration, your Committees have amended the measure by adding clarifying language regarding the extent of the transfer of functions and employees to Hawaii State Public Library System as it encompasses all employees performing security functions for library facilities as well as all security contracts for library facilities. Your Committees also amended this measure by correctly setting forth all of section 26-14.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and making technical changes.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Judiciary that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2792, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2792, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.