STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1520

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1383

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1383, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOL REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to help ensure the continued repair and maintenance of public school facilities by directing moneys generated by the $2 income tax check-off into the Hawaii 3R's School Repair and Maintenance Fund and appropriating an unspecified amount of general funds to Hawaii 3R's.

 

     The Department of Education and Hawaii 3R's supported this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Deleting provisions that direct moneys generated by the $2 income tax check-off into the Hawaii 3R's School Repair and Maintenance Fund;

 

     (2)  Deleting appropriations within the measure;

 

     (3)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (4)  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 S.B. No. 1383, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1383, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair