STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1365

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.B. No. 7

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. 7 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE SCHOOL FACILITIES AUTHORITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to make necessary housekeeping amendments to clarify certain references to the School Facilities Authority used in section 302A-1151.1, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the School Facilities Authority.

Your Committee finds that Act 217, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021 (Act 217), replaced the terms "Department", "Board", or "Board of Education" with "School Facilities Authority" in section 302A-1151.1, Hawaii Revised Statutes. The amended statute currently contains redundant and confusing references to the School Facilities Authority that need clarification. This measure will clarify certain references to "School Facilities Authority" and ensure that Act 217's intended purpose is properly effectuated.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to June 30, 3000.

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. 7, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 7, 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