STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1537

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   S.B. No. 1115

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 1115, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BUILDING DESIGN FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify the scope of the Disability and Communication Access Board's review of public construction projects for accessibility purposes.  This measure clarifies that the Board shall review public accommodations and commercial facilities on public lands as well as projects intended for transfer to the State or a county.

The Disability and Communication Access Board testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by clarifying that the public buildings, facilities, and sites subject to review include buildings, facilities, sites, and the infrastructure thereof that are constructed on lands that will be transferred to the State or county upon completion of construction.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with

the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1115, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1115, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary,

____________________________ KARL RHOADS, Chair

____________________________ ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair