STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 1466
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2023
RE: S.B. No. 1232
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2023
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 1232, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE LIBRARY SYSTEM,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to temporarily authorize the State Librarian to:
(1) Impose and collect rates, rents, fees, fines, and charges for the use of state library facilities and revise the rates, rents, and fees with approval of the Board of Education; and
(2) Prescribe procedures relating to certain costs, fines, and fees without regard to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
Your Committee finds that allowing the State Librarian to collect fees for the use of state library facilities will provide additional funds to support public library services for communities across the State. Your Committee notes that currently, to update the schedule of fees for the use of state library facilities, the Hawaii State Public Library System is required to follow the administrative rule process pursuant to chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which can be a long process. Your Committee believes this measure will provide the public library system with the flexibility it needs to adjust services to meet changing community needs.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the effective date to June 30, 3000; and
(2) 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 Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1232, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1232, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,
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____________________________ JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair |
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