STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1539

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1082

      S.D. 1

      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 S.B. No. 1082, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to provide greater flexibility to the Department of Education in the contracting of student transportation by repealing certain statutory regulations pertaining to student transportation including, among other things:

 

     (1)  Factors the Department must consider when developing transportation policy, procedures, and programs;

 

     (2)  Requirements related to school bus contract extensions and school bus contractor compensation; and

 

     (3)  Specified limits on the age of school bus vehicles and requirements for periodic refurbishment.

 

     The Department of Education testified in support of this measure.

 


     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

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

 

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

 

     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 S.B. No. 1082, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1082, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair