Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1891 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to increase the availability of funds for repair and maintenance projects at Hawaii's public schools by increasing the funds deposited into the State Educational Facilities Improvement Special Fund.

The Department of Education testified in support of this measure. The Department of Budget and Finance opposed this measure. The Department of Taxation (DOTAX) and Tax Foundation of Hawaii offered comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill to properly reflect the name of DOTAX's benefits-funded contract, the integrated tax information management systems performance-based contract.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1891, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1891, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.