Report Title:

Transfer; School Facilities Repair and Maintenance

 

Description:

Transfers responsibility for school facilities repair and maintenance for air conditioning equipment and donated equipment and fixtures from the Department of Accounting and General Services to the Department of Education, consistent with Act 51, SLH 2004.

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

179

TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to school facilities.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  The purpose of this Act is to amend various sections of the Hawaii Revised Statutes to reflect the transfer of responsibility for school facilities repair and maintenance from the department of accounting and general services to the department of education as provided in part VIII of Act 51, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004. 

     SECTION 2.  Section 302A-1501, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

     "(b)  In any case where air conditioners are installed in a particular school, the department may require that the approximate cost of electricity and maintenance for air conditioners not installed by the department or department of accounting and general services be paid by a private entity until the department establishes temperature and noise standards and a policy relating to air conditioning."

     SECTION 3.  Section 302A-1503, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

     "(b)  [In the case of fixtures that are to be installed in existing or new school facilities, the department of accounting and general services shall thereafter be responsible for the repair and maintenance of the donated fixtures.  In the case of equipment that supports the school's curriculum and programs, the department of education shall thereafter be responsible for the repair and maintenance of the donated equipment.]  The department shall be responsible for the repair and maintenance of donated equipment and fixtures."

     SECTION 4.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2009.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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