STAND. COM. REP. NO. 555-12
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2012
RE: H.B. No. 2553
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2012
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.B. No. 2553 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BUILDING DESIGN FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
(1) Requiring the Board to charge established flat-rate review fees based on estimated construction costs;
(2) Authorizing the Board, in its discretion, to cap the review fee at $3,000 for infrastructure projects and projects managed by private non-profit entities; and
(3) Requiring the review fees to be deposited into the Disability and Communication Access Board Special Fund.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the fee schedule to include a fee constituting an unspecified percentage of the estimated construction cost as well as a flat-rate fee based on the estimated construction cost;
(2) Defining "infrastructure"; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2553, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2553, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,
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____________________________ JERRY L. CHANG, Chair |
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