STAND. COM. REP. NO.  13

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 230

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 230 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to support public education in Hawaii by:

 

     (1)  Requiring public school lands that are leased by the Department of Education (DOE) to benefit public educational purposes; and

 

     (2)  Authorizing DOE to enter into lease-back agreements that allow DOE to lease or sublease the property to a third party.

 

     The DOE, Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, and Building Industry Association of Hawaii supported this bill.  The Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii submitted comments.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 230 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Water & Land.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair