STAND. COM. REP. NO.639

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 11

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Education and Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 11 entitled:

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

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to exempt temporary school facilities from state or county laws exceeding the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and building requirements to provide hurricane protection.

Testimony in support of the intent of this measure was submitted by the Department of Education.

Your Committees find that state laws or county building codes that exceed federal law related to providing accommodations for disabled persons are especially costly when applied to temporary structures. Your Committees further find that state laws and county building codes related to "hurricane-proofing" of permanent structures were never intended to be applied to structures of a temporary nature, and thus a specific exemption is appropriate.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 11 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Transportation, Military Affairs, and Government Operations,

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CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair

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NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair