STAND. COM. REP. NO.  904

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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 470, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

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

The Hawaii State Public Library System supported this measure.  The United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646 AFL-CIO opposed this measure.  The Department of the Attorney General provided comments.

     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. 470, H.D. 1, 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