Bill Text: HI HB625 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Education; Charter Schools; Counties; DLNR

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-12-01 - Carried over to 2012 Regular Session. [HB625 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-HB625-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  385

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 625

      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 Water, Land, & Ocean Resources, to which was referred H.B. No. 625, 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 help ensure that state land is used for the best possible purpose by:

 

     (1)  Requiring land and facilities under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education (DOE) that are not being used for school purposes to be transferred to the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR); and

 

     (2)  Making the land and facilities available for alternative use by charter schools or certain other education programs, or the county where the land or building is located.

 

     This bill also requires DOE to consult with the Board of Land and Natural Resources prior to the final transfer of land.

 

     DLNR, DOE, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and Ho'okāko'o Corporation testified in support of this bill.  The Charter School Administrative Office supported the intent of this measure.  The Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu provided comments.

 

     Your Committee notes that this measure applies only to state lands and not county lands.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by clarifying that the transferred lands first be made available to the specified entities.

 

     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 H.B. No. 625, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 625, H.D. 2.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water, Land, & Ocean Resources,

 

 

		____________________________ JERRY L. CHANG, Chair