STAND. COM. REP. NO.1342
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: H.B. No. 281
H.D. 1
S.D. 2
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 281, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to reduce the backlog of all identified school repair and maintenance projects from $640,000,000 to $100,000,000 by enabling the Department of Education to set priorities and develop work schedules for school repair and maintenance projects.
More specifically, this measure:
(1) Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to compile and submit quarterly reports to the Department of Education regarding the current status of all school repair and maintenance projects;
(2) Requires the Department of Education to compile and report information to all school complexes and schools indicating the current status of all school repair and maintenance projects; and
(3) Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services and Department of Education to submit recommendations and proposed legislation to the Legislature transferring authority over school repair and maintenance funds from the Department of Accounting and General Services to the Department of Education.
Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate continued discussion.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 281, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 281, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair |
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