STAND. COM. REP. NO. 860

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 1605

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1605 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOLS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to:

(1) Hawaii 3R's school repair and maintenance fund; and

(2) The Department of Education (DOE) for funding of the Hawaii 3R's coordinator position.

The DOE, Hawaii 3R's, Hawaii Business Roundtable, Hawaii Government Employees Association, American Institute of Architects-Hawaii State Council, Ho'okako'o Corporation, Durus International Corporation, America's Promise Hawaii-The Alliance for Youth, American Society of Civil Engineers-Hawaii Section, and numerous educators and individuals testified in support of this measure. The Department of Accounting and General Services supported the intent of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing all appropriations to $1 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 H.B. No. 1605, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1605, H.D. 1.

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

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair