STAND. COM. REP. NO.  87

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 625

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 625 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to help ensure that state land is used for the best possible purpose by requiring land and facilities under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education (DOE) that have not been used for school purposes for 20 consecutive years, and that are not being used for specified alternative uses, be transferred to the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR).

 

     Ho‘okako‘o Corporation supported this bill.  DOE and DLNR supported this measure with amendments.  The Charter School Administrative Office supported the intent of this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Removing the requirement that the state land which is transferred must not have been used for school purposes for 20 consecutive years;

 

     (2)  Requiring DOE to consult with the Board of Land and Natural Resources prior to the final transfer of land; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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. 625, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 625, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources.

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ ROY TAKUMI, Chair