STAND. COM. REP. NO.  595

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 762

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 762, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WASHINGTON PLACE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to provide for the preservation and protection of Washington Place.

 

     Specifically, this measure:

 

(1)  Provides that the Department of Accounting and General Services shall be responsible for the administration, management, operation, and maintenance of Washington Place, including the grounds; and

 

(2) Establishes the Washington Place trust fund for salaries, benefits, and expenses related to preserving and protecting Washington Place.

 

     The Department of Accounting and General Services submitted testimony in support of this measure.

 

     Your Committee finds that in 2012, funding for the management and operation of Washington Place was transferred to the Department of Accounting and General Services.  This measure codifies the transfer and requires that all rents and fees collected for the use of Washington Place be deposited into a trust fund to be expended by the Department of Accounting and General Services for the repair, maintenance, and upkeep of the facility.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; and

 

(2)  Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 762, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 762, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair