STAND. COM. REP. NO.  567

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 116

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 116 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the City and County of Honolulu to transfer to the Department of Education the fee simple interest in all real property upon which a public school is situated.

The Department of Education, The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, Building Industry Association of Hawaii, and two concerned individuals supported this measure.  The City and County of Honolulu and a concerned individual opposed the measure.  The Department of the Attorney General submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Requiring the City and County of Honolulu to transfer the property to the Department of Land and Natural Resources rather than the Department of Education;

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2051, to encourage further discussion; 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 Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 116, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 116, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair