STAND. COM. REP. NO.  998-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2534

      S.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred S.B. No. 2534, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to ensure that students in Hawaii have adequate facilities in which to learn by establishing the School Facilities Special Fund to accept revenue generated from the non-permanent disposition of public school lands and facilities to fund the new construction and upgrade of twenty-first century school facilities and the retrofit and upgrade of existing school facilities.

 

     The Public Land Development Corporation, Department of Education, Building Industry Association-Hawaii, The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, General Contractors Association of Hawaii, Hawaii Carpenters Union, and Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust supported this bill.  The Pacific Resource Partnership supported the intent of this measure.  The Department of Budget and Finance and Office of Hawaiian Affairs provided comments.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2534, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Education.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,

 

 

 

 

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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair