STAND. COM. REP. NO. 897
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 859
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 Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 859 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for the capital improvement project costs of the State for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Human Services, Office of Enterprise Technology Services, Executive Office on Early Learning, Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, Kamehameha Schools, East Diamond Head Association, and three individuals.
Your Committee
received comments on this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services, Department of
Hawaiian Home Lands, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of
Defense, Hawaii Public Housing Authority, Hawaii Educational Policy Center, and
Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.
Your Committee finds that this measure provides an opportunity
to invest in the State's infrastructure while remaining fiscally prudent.
The Administration's proposed capital improvement program budget
totaled:
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FY 2020 |
FY 2021 |
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General
Obligation Bonds |
$978,181,000 |
$731,543,000 |
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All Means
of Financing |
$2,020,809,000 |
$1,483,192,000 |
Your Committee has
amended this measure by inserting provisions that amend the Administration's
capital improvement program budget to provide
the following in capital improvement funds to focus on critical and significant
capital projects:
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FY 2020 |
FY 2021 |
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General
Obligation Bonds |
$920,237,000 |
$538,468,000 |
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All Means
of Financing |
$1,862,814,000 |
$1,241,716,000 |
Your Committee has also amended the effective date of the measure to January 7, 2059, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.
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. 859, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 859, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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________________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair |
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