STAND. COM. REP. NO. 687

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1171
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No.
1171 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE LIBRARIAN,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow the Board of Education
to:

     (1)  Remove the State Librarian by a majority vote of its
          members;

     (2)  Exempt the position of State Librarian from state
          residency requirements contained in section 78-1(b),
          Hawaii Revised Statutes;

     (3)  Appoint the State Librarian for a term of up to four
          years; and

     (4)  Set the salary of the State Librarian.

     The Board of Education and Information Services testified in
support of this bill.  The United Public Workers supported the
intent of the bill.

     Your Committee finds that this bill will ensure consistency
and continuity in leadership in the Hawaii State Public Library
System, and will prevent any repetition of the perception of

 
 
 
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inequity in treatment between the Superintendent of Education and
the State Librarian.

     Technical, nonsubstantive changes have been made for
purposes of style and clarity.

     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.
1171, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1171, H.D. 1, and
be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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



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                                   KEN ITO, Chair