STAND. COM. REP. NO. 578-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: H.B. No. 1929
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1929 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 support the repair and maintenance of Hawaii's public schools by appropriating funds to the Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS):
(1) For the operations of the Hawaii 3R's program; and
(2) To create a position to coordinate public and private efforts to repair and maintain public schools.
The Department of Education, DAGS, Hawaii 3R's, Hawaii State Teachers Association, Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, General Contractors Association, Hawaiian Electric Company, American Society of Civil Engineers, Durus International Corporation, Pacific Resource Partnership, and five concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Replacing the amounts of the sums appropriated with amounts of $1, to allow further determination of the amounts to be appropriated; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for 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 H.B. No. 1929, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1929, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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