Bill Text: HI HB2152 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: Persons with Disabilities; Fees

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2010-07-06 - (S) Vetoed on 07-06-10 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 658). [HB2152 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-HB2152-Amended.html

 

 

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3004

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2152

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2152, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to require the Disability and Communication Access Board to charge a fee for the review of plans and specifications for the construction of public buildings, facilities, and sites to ensure that they conform to the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines and Federal Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988.

 

     The measure also:

 

(1)  Requires the board to establish by rule, a fee schedule that includes reasonable tiered fees based upon estimated construction costs; and

 

(2)  Provides for a fee schedule until one is adopted by the board.

 

     Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Disability and Communication Access Board.  Written comments may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that the review process conducted by the Disability and Communication Access Board is a valuable service that ensures that people with disabilities will be afforded appropriate access to public buildings, facilities, and sites.  Your Committee further finds that the fees authorized by this measure will help defray a portion or all of the costs of the review process.

 

     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 H.B. No. 2152, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

____________________________

DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair

 

 

 

 

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