STAND

STAND. COM. REP. 1506

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 58

S.D. 1

H.D. 2

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 S.B. No. 58, S.D. 1, 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 improve public education facilities in the State by appropriating funds to:

(1) Hawaii 3R's whose mission is to leverage funds with volunteerism to repair and maintain public schools; and

(2) The Department of Accounting and General Services for a position to coordinate public and private efforts to repair and maintain public schools.

A member of Hawaii's Congressional delegation, the Department of Education, Hawaii 3R's, Hawaii State Teachers Association, Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, American Society of Civil Engineers, Paul Louie & Associates, Inc., Aylward Enterprises, Incorporated, Bryco Painting, Painter's Warehouse, Inc., America's Promise Hawaii, many representatives of public schools, and a number of concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Establishing the Hawaii 3R's School Repair and Maintenance Fund (Hawaii 3R's Fund);

(2) Repealing the Hawaii School Repair and Maintenance Fund (Repair and Maintenance Fund) upon the Internal Revenue Service's determination that Hawaii 3R's is a qualified nonprofit organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code;

(3) Transferring the funds in the Repair and Maintenance Fund to the Hawaii 3R's Fund at the time specified in paragraph (2); and

(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.

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. 58, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 58, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

		____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair