Bill Text: HI SB2828 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: School Impact Fees
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-07-06 - (S) Act 188, 7/5/2010 (Gov. Msg. No. 651). [SB2828 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-SB2828-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 905-10
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2010
RE: S.B. No. 2828
S.D. 1
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Fifth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2010
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred S.B. No. 2828, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to facilitate the provision of land and collection of fees for new or expanded school facilities in areas expecting a large amount of residential growth, by clarifying the law pertaining to school impact fees.
The Department of Education (DOE) and Charter Schools Administrative Office provided comments.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Providing that DOE is required to update the statewide level of services, instead of percentages of students enrolled at each school level in permanent or portable classrooms;
(2) Clarifying that the initial school site area averages are based on historic schools construction data from 1997 to 2007;
(3) Clarifying that the "student generation rate" for a school impact district is to be based on analysis of the existing number of residential units and public school students in an area, and the student generation rates of comparable projects and areas;
(4) Clarifying that the provision requiring certain new residential developments to fulfill the land dedication or fee in lieu requirement and construction cost component impact fee requirement applies to government housing projects;
(5) Regarding the impact fee analysis that is required of DOE upon designation of a school impact district:
(A) Removing the analysis of the percentages of existing statewide student enrollment at each school level that are located in permanent structures, as opposed to portable buildings;
(B) Reinstating the analysis of appropriate school land area and enrollment capacity, and including other appropriate state lands in the analysis; and
(C) Inserting a statewide classroom utilization report;
(6) Changing the effective date to upon its approval; and
(7) Making other technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2828, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2828, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,
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____________________________ KEN ITO, Chair |
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