STAND. COM. REP. NO.  597-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2611

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2611 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE CAPITOL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a State Capitol Management Committee to oversee the financing and governance of the State Capitol, including capitol security, maintenance, and the setting of both fiscal and operational priorities.

The Department of Accounting and General Services and the House Sergeant At Arms testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Public Safety and Historic Hawai‘i Foundation commented on this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2611 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair