STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3114

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.R. No. 58

       S.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Water, Land, and Housing, to which was referred S.R. No. 58 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION URGING THE STATE TO EXPAND THE SCOPE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION SYSTEM ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO ACT 54, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2011, TO FURTHER INCLUDE PUBLIC FACILITIES, THEREBY CREATING A COMPREHENSIVE ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC LANDS AND PUBLIC FACILITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the State to expand the scope of the comprehensive information system established pursuant to Act 54, Session Laws of Hawaii 2011, to inventory and maintain information about public trust lands to further include public facilities, thereby creating a comprehensive asset management system for public lands and facilities.

     Prior to the hearing, your Committee circulated a proposed S.D. 1 of the measure which added language to request the Department of Land and Natural Resources to utilize the resources of the Department of Accounting and General Services to coordinate and develop the comprehensive asset management system and make conforming amendments.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the proposed S.D. 1 from the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

     Your Committee finds that a comprehensive asset management system for state buildings and structures is useful for all agencies as a means to appropriately manage and maintain state buildings.  Expanding the scope of the comprehensive information system established pursuant to Act 54, Session Laws of Hawaii 2011, would centralize information regarding all public lands and facilities to enable the full and optimal use of the State's lands and facilities.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by adopting the proposed S.D. 1 and further amending the measure by:

     (1)  Deleting references to the counties; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, and Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 58, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 58, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, and Housing,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair