STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3117

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.C.R. No. 29
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Health and Human Services and
Transportation and Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was
referred S.C.R. No. 29 entitled:

     "SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE COUNTIES TO
     INCORPORATE INTO THE COUNTY BUILDING CODES PROVISIONS FOR
     DISABILITY ACCESSIBILITY,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to urge the counties to
incorporate into the county building codes provisions for
disability accessibility.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this
measure from the Disability and Communication Access Board,
Hawaii Center for Independent Living, American Institute of
Architects, and Consulting Engineers Council of Hawaii.

     The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires that the
design and construction of certain specific buildings and
facilities be accessible and usable by people with disabilities.
Section 103-50, Hawaii Revised Statutes, requires public
buildings and facilities to conform to the ADA Accessibility
Guidelines.

     This measure is intended to assure that the counties adopt
the ADA Accessibility Guidelines in their entirety in order to
conform with federal and state laws, and to benefit the

 
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construction and building design industries so that they may know
what is required and can avoid costly litigation.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by making
technical, nonsubstantive changes to correct a proper name
reference and for clarity.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Health and Human Services and Transportation and
Intergovernmental Affairs that are attached to this report, your
Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 29,
as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached hereto as
S.C.R. No. 29, S.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Health and Human
                                   Services and Transportation
                                   and Intergovernmental Affairs,



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CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair                SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

 
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