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 S.B. No. 58 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to further improve repair and maintenance programs for public schools.

This bill accomplishes this objective by continuing to fund the Hawaii 3R's program and provide a position and funds to the Department of Accounting and General Services to coordinate public and private efforts to repair and maintain public schools.

Your Committee finds that repair and maintenance of Hawaii's public schools continue to be a high priority and that Hawaii's 3R's has saved the State money by leveraging funds with volunteerism or "sweat equity".

Your Committee has amended this measure by deleting the specific amounts appropriated to facilitate continuing discussion on this measure and has made other technical nonsubstantive changes for clarity.

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