STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3642

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2353

H.D. 1

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2353, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to facilitate the operations of the Hawaii State Public Library System.

More specifically, this measure:

(1) Makes miscellaneous technical amendments to various sections of the Hawaii Revised Statutes that affect the Hawaii State Public Library System;

(2) Renames the "Hawaii state library foundation trust fund" as the "friends of the library of Hawaii program fund"; and

(3) Clarifies the functions of the program fund.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Hawaii State Public Library System, Friends of the Library of Hawai`i, and the Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai`i.

Your Committee finds that various sections of the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to the Hawaii State Public Library System require updating and housekeeping to ensure that the system continues to efficiently and effectively provide the public with its vast services.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical nonsubstantive changes for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2353, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2353, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair