STAND. COM. REP. NO.327

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 1049

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1049 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF SCHOOLS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to establish procedures under which it could be determined whether it is more cost efficient to either renovate or demolish and rebuild school buildings.

The Department of Education and the Department of Accounting and General Services submitted testimony supporting the intent of this bill.

Your Committee finds that under some circumstances it is more economically prudent to demolish and rebuild an aging school building than it would be to refurbish it. Accordingly, there should be procedures in place to determine which of these options would be the most cost-effective.

Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Deleting the requirement that a portion of repair and maintenance funds designated for a school building that is demolished be used for the rebuilding of schools; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of style and clarity.

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 H.B. No. 1049, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1049, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,

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KEN ITO, Chair