STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1414-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2919

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 Committees on Education and Water & Land, to which was referred S.B. No. 2919, S.D. 2, entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to maximize the use of public library lands. Specifically, this measure:

(1) Establishes a pilot program to generate revenue through the lease of public library lands to meet the mission of the public libraries;

(2) Establishes the Library Facilities Fund, the moneys of which are to be used for State library programs;

(3) Requires the State Librarian and Board of Education to submit reports on the pilot program to the Legislature; and

(4) Makes appropriations for the pilot program and the hiring of land development experts.

The Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i supported this measure. Ka Lahui Hawaii Political Action Committee, Feed the Street, and a concerned individual opposed this measure. The Department of Budget and Finance and Hawaii State Public Library System offered comments.

Your Committees have amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2021.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Water & Land that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2919, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2919, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Water & Land,

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair

____________________________ JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair