STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1124

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   S.B. No. 1669

      S.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 1669, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to reduce the backlog of repair and maintenance projects in our public schools by:

     (1)  Authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds in each year of the 2009-2011 fiscal biennium; and

     (2)  Providing the Department of Education (DOE) with a temporary exemption from the State's procurement laws to allow the expediting of construction projects.

     The DOE and State Procurement Office offered comments on this bill.

     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. 1669, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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ROY TAKUMI, Chair