STAND. COM. REP. NO. 454

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 794

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts, to which was referred S.B. No. 794 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate or authorize funds or amend means of financing for various capital improvement projects of the Department of Accounting and General Services.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

Your Committee finds that this measure expresses adjustments to the projects funded, maximum sums appropriated or authorized, or means of financing indicated for the Department of Accounting and General Services in the General Appropriations Act of 2017, as amended by the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2018.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Removing design of the capitol district building, site and accessibility improvements, so that the entire amount of $1,200,000 authorized shall be used for construction only; and

(2) Making the appropriation for the capitol district building, site and accessibility improvements, for the second year of the fiscal biennial rather than the first fiscal year.

Your Committee's intent in recommending this measure for passage is for the adjustments expressed to be incorporated into the General Appropriations Act of 2019 or other appropriate legislative vehicle or to be adopted separately. As such, your Committee requests your Committee on Ways and Means to incorporate the adjustments expressed by this measure into the appropriate legislative vehicle or amend this measure to include any provisions necessary to effectuate its purpose and intent.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 794, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 794, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair