Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 3069 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to transfer exclusive management of the entire State Capitol building and grounds, including parking facilities, to the joint legislative management committee.

Testimony was submitted by the Department of Accounting and General Services. Specifically, the State Comptroller testified that the department had concerns only regarding the costs of reassigning the management and control of the State Capitol building. However, the department did not submit testimony in opposition or objecting to any policy issues with regard to the legislative management committee actually managing the State Capitol building and grounds.

Your Committee finds that there are management concerns regarding the State Capitol building. Concerns about public accessibility such as parking and access to the building have been expressed by the public and have not been addressed by the Department of Accounting and General Services, which currently manages the building.

Your Committee believes that this measure will provide the necessary means to address many of the management concerns regarding the State Capitol building.

Your Committee noted concerns regarding the legislative management committee taking full responsibility of the entire building's management. Your Committee also noted a suggestion to invite the administration to share a portion of the management responsibilities. Your Committee is moving the bill along so that the cost issue can be addressed by the Ways and Means Committee.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive changes.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3069, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3069, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.