THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	136
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to the school facilities agency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. The legislature finds that Act 72, Session Laws of Hawaii 2020, established a school facilities agency to be a body corporate and a public instrumentality of the State for the purposes of being responsible for public school development, planning, and construction related to capital improvement projects assigned to the legislature, governor, or board of education.

The purpose of this Act is to:

(1) Require the department of education school facilities agency to adopt and publish administrative rules necessary to implement Act 72, Session Laws of Hawaii 2020, by July 1, 2021; and

(2) Require the office of the governor to provide a report to the legislature regarding the process by which the department of education purchases land and executes capital improvement project contracts through the school facilities agency.

SECTION 2. (a) The department of education school facilities agency shall adopt and publish its administrative rules in accordance with chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as necessary to implement Act 72, Session Laws of Hawaii 2020, by July 1, 2021.

(b) The office of the governor shall submit a report regarding the process by which the department of education purchases land and executes capital improvement project contracts through the school facilities agency to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2022.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Education; School Facilities Agency; Administrative Rules; CIP; Report; Governor; Department of Education

Description:

Requires the department of education school facilities agency to adopt and publish administrative rules necessary to implement Act 72, Session Laws of Hawaii 2020, by July 1, 2021. Requires the office of the governor to provide a report to the legislature regarding the process by which the department of education purchases land and executes capital improvement project contracts through the school facilities agency.

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