STAND. COM. REP. NO.  861

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 986

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 986, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to provide school facilities that are critical to the health and well-being of Hawaii's students, decrease energy demands, and stimulate economic growth by requiring the:

 

     (1)  Construction and renovation of public school facilities to meet the standards of the Collaborative for High Performance Schools rating system;

 

     (2)  Replacement of old portable classrooms with high-performance classrooms; and

 

     (3)  Prioritization of public school facilities projects in accordance with certain criteria.

 

     The Hawaii Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Education and Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism offered comments.


     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. 986, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair