Report Title:

Public School Rental Fees; School-to-Work

Description:

Requires that rental fees for public school facilities be commensurate with market rates. Dedicates increased rental fees to public/private partnerships established within the school-to-work transition program.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1523

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2003

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to schools.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 302A-1148, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"[[]§302A-1148[]] Use of school facilities for recreational and community purposes. All public school buildings, facilities, and grounds shall be available for general recreational purposes, and for public and community use, whenever these activities do not interfere with the normal and usual activities of the school and its pupils. Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, the department shall adopt rules under chapter 91 as are deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of this section and may issue licenses, revocable permits, concessions, or rights of entry to school buildings and grounds for such periods of use as deemed appropriate by the department. All such dispositions, including those in excess of fourteen days, need not be approved by the board of land and natural resources; provided that approval by the board of land and natural resources shall be required when the dispositions are for periods in excess of a year. The department may assess and collect fees and charges from the users of school buildings, facilities, grounds, and equipment. The fees and charges shall be comparable to those charged in the private market for comparable facilities, deposited into a separate fund and expended by the department under rules as may be adopted by the board[.]; provided that all moneys resulting from an increase in fees and charges after July 1, 2003, shall be used solely to fund public/private partnerships within the school-to-work transition program established in section 302A-431.5."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2003.

INTRODUCED BY:

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