STAND. COM. REP. NO. 715

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 7

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 7 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE SCHOOL FACILITIES AUTHORITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to make necessary amendments to clarify certain references to the school facilities authority used in section 302A-1151.1, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the School Facilities Authority.

Your Committee finds that occasionally statutes require clarifying amendments. Act 217, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, replaced the terms "department", "board", or "board of education" with "school facilities authority" in section 302A-1151.1, Hawaii Revised Statutes. The amended statute, however, contains redundant and confusing references that need clarification. This measure will clarify certain references to "school facilities authority".

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 7 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair