STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1137

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   S.B. No. 1383

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 1383, S.D. 2, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to help ensure the continued repair and maintenance of public school facilities by appropriating an unspecified amount of general funds to Hawaii 3R's to expedite the repair and maintenance of public schools.

     The Department of Education and Hawaii 3R's supported this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Including provisions that direct moneys generated by the $2 income tax check-off into the Hawaii 3R's School Repair and Maintenance Fund; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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 S.B. No. 1383, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1383, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,

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ROY TAKUMI, Chair