STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1329

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 646
                                     S.D. 2
                                     H.D. 2




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which
was referred S.B. No. 646, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GOVERNMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill, as received by your Committee, is
to improve government operations by reducing the cost of copying
government records, expand the powers of the Barbers Point NAS
Redevelopment Commission, expand the responsibilities of the
Stadium Authority to include Kapolei Recreational Sports Complex,
and to create the Kapolei special fund.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this bill
from the State Department of Transportation, Department of
Hawaiian Home Lands, Office of Information Practices, the Stadium
Authority, and the Barbers Point Naval Air Station Redevelopment
Commission.

     Your Committee finds that this bill is an appropriate
vehicle for provisions enabling the Department of the Attorney
General to assist all state agencies in pursuing delinquent debts
owing to the State.  Your Committee finds that allowing the
Department of the Attorney General to assess state agencies
attorney fees and costs for collection efforts will provide the
revenue necessary to effect the collection of the aforementioned
delinquent debts.


 
 
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     Your Committee finds that the imminent turnover of the
Barbers Point Naval Air Station (BPNAS) from the federal
government requires that the BPNAS Redevelopment Commission be
fully prepared to handle the transition to civilian use with
minimal delay.  

     Your Committee finds that the proposed measures regarding
the Kapolei Recreational Sports Complex and the special fund will
promote the efficient management and maintenance of the Kapolei
Recreational Sports Complex.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Adding provisions allowing the Department of the
          Attorney General to charge state agencies attorney fees
          and costs incurred in the collection of delinquent
          debts owed the State;

     (2)  Deleting the cost of reproducing government records;

     (3)  Deleting the effective date of the Act; and

     (4)  Creating a two year sunset date for the provisions
          noted in (1) above.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of S.B. No. 646, S.D. 2, 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. 646, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Judiciary &
                                   Hawaiian Affairs,



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                                   PAUL T. OSHIRO, Chair