STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2171

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2221

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Tourism and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 2221 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RESTROOMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to ensure that all public restroom facilities in state and county facilities are consistently well maintained and sanitary.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Land and Natural Resources; Department of Accounting and General Services; and Kaua‘i Department of Parks and Recreation.

     Testimony indicated that public restrooms in state and county facilities have been neglected and are unsanitary.  This has created an unhealthy environment for hundreds of visitors and residents of the State who enjoy the beautiful weather and all of the outdoor parks and activities that Hawaii has to offer.

     Your Committee believes that the funds appropriated by this measure will help ameliorate this problem.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2221 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Tourism and Government Operations,

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CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair