Bill Text: HI SB145 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Department of Education; School Facilities

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [SB145 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SB145-Introduced.html

Report Title:

Department of Education; School Facilities; Repair; Maintenance

 

Description:

Clarifies the transfer of responsibility for repair and maintenance of equipment and fixtures in school facilities from the department of accounting and general services to the department of education.

 


THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

145

TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to education.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  The purpose of this Act is to reflect the transfer of responsibility for school facilities, including the repair and maintenance of donated equipment and fixtures, from the department of accounting and general services to the department of education as provided for in Act 51, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004. 

     SECTION 2.  Section 302A-1501, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

     "(b)  In any case where air conditioners are installed in a particular school, the department may require that the approximate cost of electricity and maintenance for air conditioners not installed by the department [of accounting and general services] be paid by a private entity until the department establishes temperature and noise standards and a policy relating to air conditioning."

     SECTION 3.  Section 302A-1503, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

     "(b)  In the case of equipment or fixtures that are to be installed in existing or new school facilities, the department [of accounting and general services] shall [thereafter] be responsible for the repair and maintenance of the donated equipment or fixtures.  [In the case of equipment that supports the school's curriculum and programs, the department of education shall thereafter be responsible for the repair and maintenance of the donated equipment.]"

     SECTION 4.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2009.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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