STAND. COM. REP. NO. 957

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                

 

RE:    S.B. No. 762

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 762, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE CAPITOL FACILITIES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Department of Accounting and General Services to develop an enhanced security plan for the Hawaii State Capitol and Washington Place.

 

     More specifically, this measure:

 

     (1)  Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services, in consultation with the Legislature and any agencies responsible for security at the Hawaii State Capitol and Washington Place, to develop and implement an enhanced security plan for the Hawaii State Capitol, Washington Place, and the surrounding area;

 

     (2)  Requires the Department of Accounting and General Services to submit an annual report to the Legislature regarding the enhanced security plan;

 

     (3)  Adds the State Historic Preservation Officer as a member of the State Capitol Management Committee;

 

     (4)  Requires that the State Capitol Management Committee be co-chaired by a member of the House of Representatives and a member of the Senate, rather than by a single chairperson elected by the committee members; and

 

     (5)  Permitting, rather than requiring, the State Capitol Management Committee to establish rules.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from one individual.

 

     Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services and Common Cause Hawaii.

 

     Your Committee finds that enhancing the security of the Hawaii State Capitol, Washington Place, and the surrounding area will ensure the safety of state officials, employees, and the general public while also allowing the State to continue serving the public without interruption.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Codifying in statute, rather than session law, the annual reporting requirements for the Department of Accounting and General Services regarding this measure's required enhanced security plan;

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

 

     (3)  Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 762, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 762, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair