Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1929, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Appropriate funding for the Hawaii 3R's program; and

Your Committee finds that Hawaii 3R's is an effective public-private partnership that leverages state resources to provide much needed repair and maintenance in public schools. Your Committee further finds that the functions of the Hawaii 3R's program are among the repair and maintenance functions that will be transferred from the Department of Accounting and General Services to the Department of Education upon the approval of Senate Bill No. 3238, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1 in 2004 as a part of the coordinated effort to reduce the bureaucracy that hinders the effective operation of the Department of Education. The functions of the Hawaii 3R's program are presently coordinated by a single employee of the Department of Accounting and General Services. This measure makes conforming amendments to the statute to reflect the transfer of these functions and this employee to the Department of Education.

Your Committee finds that, at present, the Department of Education can operate this program at of existing resources.

Your Committee has amended the measure by:

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1929, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1929, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.