STAND. COM. REP. NO. 660

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 1154
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B.
No. 1154 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE LIBRARY ENHANCED SERVICES
     PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:.

     In 1993, the Hawaii State Public Library System began an
experimental program of designating and charging certain user
fees for enhanced services offered by public libraries.  Revenues
from these user fees are then deposited into the Library Fee for
Enhanced Services Special Fund, allocated among public libraries,
and used to support the enhanced services offered.

     The revenues garnered from the Library Enhanced Services
Program have helped to supplement the funding needs of the
library system, and, given the continued financial hardships
faced by the State, are an innovative and necessary initiative.

     The purpose of this measure is to continue the Library
Enhanced Services Program by extending it from July 1, 1999, to
July 1, 2002.

     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.
1154 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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