STAND. COM. REP. NO. 27-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 2041

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Tourism and Culture, to which was referred H.B. No. 2041 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE PARKS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to reduce the backlog and improve the ongoing repair and maintenance of state parks by:

(1) Establishing a State Parks Facilities Repair and Maintenance Account to fund the backlog of state parks repair and maintenance projects as of June 30, 2003;

(2) Establishing a State Parks Physical Plant Operations and Maintenance Account to fund state parks repair and maintenance projects scheduled after June 30, 2004;

(3) Specifying how state parks repair and maintenance are to be prioritized and moneys to be allocated; and

(4) Providing for the creation of various positions to help oversee the repair and maintenance of the state parks.

A member of the Maui County Council and Kona Village Resort submitted testimony in support of this measure. The Board of Land and Natural Resources and the Department of Accounting and General Services supported the intent of this measure. The Department of Budget and Finance opposed this measure. The State Procurement Office submitted comments on this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Correcting the number of the parks administration and operation program to LNR 806;

(2) Removing all sections related to the exemption of project funds expenditure from the State Procurement Code; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments to correct drafting errors and for purposes of clarity and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism and Culture that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2041, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2041, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Water, Land Use, and Hawaiian Affairs.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Tourism and Culture,

 

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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair