STAND. COM. REP. NO. 722

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 998

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 998 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WASHINGTON PLACE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to ensure the preservation and protection of Washington Place.

More specifically, this measure:

     (1)  Designates the Department of Accounting and General Services as the entity responsible for preserving, protecting, administering, managing, operating, and maintaining Washington Place; and

     (2)  Establishes a trust fund for the Department's activities at Washington Place.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services.

     Your Committee finds that funding for the management and operations of Washington Place has recently been transferred to the Department of Accounting and General Services.  This measure codifies the transfer of management and operations and establishes a trust fund for the deposit of all revenues derived from Washington Place to assist the Department in fulfilling its responsibilities to maintain the historic site.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Providing that any available moneys in the trust fund in excess of an unspecified amount at the close of June 30 of each fiscal year shall lapse to the general fund;

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion on this measure; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 998, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 998, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair