STAND. COM. REP. NO. 938

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 1295

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1295, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SCHOOLS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to safeguard the health of students, faculty, and visitors at all Department of Education (DOE) schools by minimizing the risk of asbestos exposure by appropriating funds and requiring DOE to:

(1) Ensure that all asbestos testing is conducted prior to any exterior or interior renovations or painting of school facilities, except charter schools; and

(2) Maintain records of all students who may have been exposed to dust containing asbestos during an exterior renovation project that was conducted at King Intermediate School in December 2004.

A concerned individual testified in support of this bill. DOE supported the intent of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2010, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1295, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1295, H.D. 2.

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

 

____________________________

DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair