STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3076

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2080

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2080, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE BUILDINGS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish and fund the emergency evacuation chair pilot project to provide emergency evacuation chairs for multi-story state buildings.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services and Office of the Auditor.

 

     Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Disability and Communication Access Board.

 

     Your Committee finds that the installation of emergency evacuation chairs in multi-story state buildings will help ensure the safety of state employees and members of the public with disabilities who conduct business in state buildings.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Clarifying that contracts for the installation and maintenance of emergency evacuation chairs in state buildings are subject to the Hawaii Public Procurement Code, Chapter 103D, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

 

(2)  Correcting a typographical error in the name of the Disability and Communication Access Board;

 

(3)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

 

(4)  Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for 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 S.B. No. 2080, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2080, 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