CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 108

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: S.B. No. 976

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 976, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish a pilot program for the lease of public library lands to generate revenue to meet the mission of the public libraries;

(2) Establish the library facilities fund; and

(3) Require the Board of Education to a submit a report to the Legislature prior to the Regular Session of 2021 and each regular session thereafter until the completion of the pilot project on various timelines, summaries, and proposed legislation.

Your Committee on Conference finds that public libraries provide an invaluable service to the community. However, there is a need to examine new and innovative methods of generating funds to support the mission of the public libraries. This measure establishes a pilot program to generate revenue through the lease of public library lands to meet the mission of the public libraries to be facilitated by the State Librarian, Board of Education, and any other appropriate agencies.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Inserting an appropriation amount of $100,000 for fiscal years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 for a comprehensive planning study to review all state public library land sites and facilities for the pilot program; and

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2019.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 976, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 976, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ JUSTIN H. WOODSON Co-Chair	____________________________ MICHELLE N. KIDANI Chair
____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE Co-Chair	____________________________ KAIALI'I KAHELE Co-Chair
____________________________ CHRIS TODD Co-Chair	____________________________ DRU KANUHA Co-Chair