STAND. COM. REP. NO. 241

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 1752

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Transportation and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 1752 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE CAPITOL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide for the joint management of the entire state capitol building and grounds, including parking facilities, by the Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS) in conjunction with the joint legislative management committee of the legislature.

Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from DAGS.

Your Committee notes that this measure does not strip DAGS of the responsibility to manage the capitol grounds, but requires DAGS to do so in conjunction with the joint legislative management committee. Your Committee believes that because most of the capitol is occupied by the Legislature, the Legislature should rightfully have input into how the building and grounds are managed.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1752, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1752, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation and Government Operations,

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LORRAINE R. INOUYE, Chair