STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2714

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3098

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3098 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 and intent of this measure is to make an emergency appropriation for lead abatement measures at Department of Education elementary schools.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Education, Department of Health, and International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committee finds that there is an urgent need to protect the health and safety of vulnerable students by repairing or replacing state elementary school plumbing fixtures associated with elevated lead levels.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation amount to an unspecified sum;

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

(3) Making technical nonsubstantive changes 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. 3098, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3098, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair