STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1991-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 3098

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 3098, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR LEAD ABATEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to make an emergency appropriation to the Department of Education for lead abatement measures at Department of Education elementary schools.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education, Department of Health, and Hawaii State Teachers Association. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Inserting an appropriation amount of $1,850,000 for lead abatement measures at Department of Education elementary schools;

(2) Changing its effective date to upon approval; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3098, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3098, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair