STAND. COM. REP. NO.  26

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 470

      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. 470 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATED TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow the Board of Education to contract for private groundskeeping services for public library properties.

The Hawaii State Public Library System and a concerned individual supported this measure.  The United Public Workers, AFSCME Local 646 AFL-CIO, opposed the measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2051, to encourage further discussion.

     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. 470, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 470, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Labor & Public Employment.

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

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair