Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 281 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to transfer control over management and funding for school repair and maintenance to the Department of Education (DOE).

DOE submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS) and Hawaii State Teachers Association submitted testimony in support of the intent of this bill.

Your Committee finds that the intent of this legislation is to provide DOE with control over the prioritization of school repair and maintenance projects which are to be implemented by DAGS. Under this arrangement, it would be more appropriate for DAGS to remain the expending agency for school repair and maintenance as DAGS has the personnel and infrastructure to execute these projects.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

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 H.B. No. 281, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 281, H.D. 1.