STAND. COM. REP. NO.  567-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

RE:   H.B. No. 2353

      H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 2353 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to make miscellaneous technical amendments to update statutory language relating to the Hawaii State Public Library System and facilitate library operations.

The Hawaii State Public Library System supported this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050; and

     (2)  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. 2353, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2353, 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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JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair