Bill Text: HI HB1217 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Education Projects; Fiscal Stimulus

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [HB1217 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-HB1217-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  172

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1217

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Education and Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1217 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION PROJECTS,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to stimulate the state's economy by:

 

(1)  Authorizing the issuance of and appropriating $100,000,000 in general obligation bonds for improvements to or repair and maintenance of public schools; and

 

(2)  Authorizing the issuance of and appropriating $50,000,000 in general obligation bonds for improvements to or repair and maintenance of University of Hawaii (UH) instructional facilities.

 

This bill also allows these appropriations to be used to match federal funds that are appropriated for State capital improvement projects under any federal fiscal stimulus legislation.

 

     The Department of Education and UH testified in support of this bill.  The UH at Manoa supported the intent of this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Higher Education that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1217 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Higher Education,

 

 

____________________________ JERRY L. CHANG, Chair		____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Chair