STAND. COM. REP. NO.1385

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: S.B. No. 1211

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1211, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to address the maintenance and repair needs of public schools by:

(1) Establishing the Hawaii School-level Minor Repairs and Maintenance Special Fund; and

(2) Authorizing a state income tax check-off for this purpose.

The Department of Education, Department of Accounting and General Services, Hawaii State Teachers Association, Hawaii Government Employees Association, American Society of Civil Engineers, and General Contractors Association of Hawaii testified in support of this measure. The Office of the Lieutenant Governor submitted testimony in support of the intent and proposed amendments to the bill.

The Department of Taxation opposed this measure. The Department of Budget and Finance and Tax Foundation of Hawaii submitted comments.

 

This bill has been amended according to the Lieutenant Governor's recommendations by:

(1) Designating only unencumbered general funds to lapse on June 30 of the first fiscal year of the next fiscal biennium;

(2) Removing the expending agency; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity 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. 1211, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1211, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

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

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair