STAND. COM. REP. 2615

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2512

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2512 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a random student drug testing pilot project in a Department of Education school district and to make an appropriation.

Testimony in opposition to this measure was received from the Attorney General (AG) and Hawaii State Teachers Association.

Your Committee has amended this measure by deleting its contents and inserting a provision for proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the State to issue special purpose revenue bonds to assist not-for-profit private elementary schools, secondary schools, colleges, and universities.

This amended measure was passed by the Legislature in 2002, was placed on the ballot in the 2002 general election, and was ratified by the voters. However, your Committee finds that there may have been irregularities in the publication of the text of the amendment. While the AG does not believe this is necessary, your Committee believes that this measure should move forward to err on the side of caution. Your Committee believes that in the event that the 2002 amendment is found faulty and not to have been validly ratified, this measure would be available to place the question on the ballot for the next election.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2512, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2512, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs,

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COLLEEN HANABUSA, Chair