STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1200

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 639

S.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 Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 639, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to improve operational efficiency within the Department of Education (DOE) by:

(1) Transferring the administration of the teachers' housing program from the Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii (HCDCH) to DOE; and

(2) Establishing the Teachers' Housing Revolving Fund for the accounting and control of receipts and disbursements related to DOE's planning, construction, repair, maintenance, and operation of teachers' housing programs.

HCDCH and DOE testified in support of this bill.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 639, S.D. 2, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

 

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MICHAEL P. KAHIKINA, Chair