STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1914-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2237

S.D. 2

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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2237, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Department of Education (DOE) to acquire, develop, and dispose of real and personal property for educational purposes, including revenue generation; provided that real property may be disposed of only by lease to government agencies. This measure also transfers fee interest in certain public school lands from the City and County of Honolulu and the Department of Land and Natural Resources, as applicable, to DOE and exempts transferred lands from classification as public lands.

DOE, Hawaii State Teachers Association, and Building Industry Association of Hawaii testified in support of this measure. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Department of Parks and Recreation of the City and County of Honolulu, Ka Lahui Hawaii Political Action Committee, Feed the Street, and ‘Aina Haina Community Association testified in opposition to this measure. The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of the Attorney General, and The Chamber of Commerce Hawaii commented on this measure.

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 S.B. No. 2237, S.D. 2, 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