Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 2793, S.D. 2, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to provide an emergency appropriation of $1,000,000 to the Hawaii State Public Library System (HSPLS) to complete Phase I of the Kapolei Public Library.

HSPLS and the Estate of James Campbell testified in support of this measure.

The Kapolei Library is one of the cornerstones of the rapidly growing community of Kapolei. Although the library was completed nearly two years ago, it still remains idle because budget requests for operating funds and staff submitted over the last two years were denied because of the State's fiscal situation. Your Committee was informed that the additional funding is necessary if the library is to be open to the general public within the next 12 to 18 months.

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. 2793, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.