STAND. COM. REP. NO.  848-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2146

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2146 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WAILUKU PROPERTIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

     (1)  Require the Department of Accounting and General Services to develop a comprehensive Wailuku state office master plan to address the shortage of space in the Wailuku state office building and old courthouse building;

     (2)  Appropriate funds for the Wailuku state office master plan; and

     (3)  Appropriate funds for the purchase of certain properties in or near Wailuku.

The County of Maui Office of the Mayor, Maui Redevelopment Agency, and an individual provided testimony in support of the measure.  The Department of Accounting and General Services and Judiciary provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the appropriation amount for the Wailuku state office master plan from $250,000 to an unspecified amount;

     (2)  Changing the appropriation amount for the purchase of certain properties in or near Wailuku from $10,000,000 to an unspecified amount;

     (3)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate further discussion; and

     (4)  Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for clarity, consistency, 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. 2146, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2146, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair