CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 43

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2011

RE:    S.B. No. 1383

       S.D. 2

       H.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 1383, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOL REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to permit the Hawaii 3R's School Repair and Maintenance Fund to receive monies transferred to it from the School-Level Minor Repairs and Maintenance Special Fund.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that the backlog of repair and maintenance projects in Hawaii's public schools continues to be a concern.  Since 2001, Hawaii 3R's has been highly effective in leveraging state dollars, saving the State an estimated $36,700,000 in costs for school repairs and maintenance that otherwise would have been expended by the State.  The imputed school repair and maintenance savings to the State is equal to more than $12 worth of work completed for every $1 of state funding expended.  As federal funding becomes less available, this measure will support the continuation of Hawaii 3R's valuable work by allowing it to receive monies transferred to the Hawaii 3R's School Repair and Maintenance Fund from the School-Level Minor Repairs and Maintenance Special Fund.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making it effective on July 1, 2011.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1383, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1383, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Co-Chair	____________________________ JILL TOKUDA, Chair
____________________________ MARILYN B. LEE, Co-Chair	____________________________ MICHELLE KIDANI, Co-Chair