STAND. COM. REP. NO.  192

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 756

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 756 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BUILDING DESIGN FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to:

 

     (1)  Require the Disability and Communication Access Board (DCAB) to charge a fee to review all plans and specifications for state and county buildings, facilities, and sites;

 

     (2)  Establish a fee schedule for DCAB's review services;

 

     (3)  Establish an Accessible Building Design Special Account within the DCAB Special Fund; and

 

     (4)  Require DCAB to report annually to the Legislature regarding the reviews conducted. 

 

     Several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  DCAB supported this measure with amendments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Establishing a provisional fee schedule until DCAB establishes a fee schedule through rules instead of statutorily establishing a fee schedule;

 

     (2)  For projects with estimated costs exceeding $10,000,000, charging a fee of $5,000 plus $1,000 on each additional $5,000,000 of estimated project costs, instead of charging a fee of $5,000 plus $1,000 on each additional $10,000,000 of estimated construction costs;

 

     (3)  Changing the effective date to January 1, 2012; and

 

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.   

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 756, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 756, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair