STAND. COM. REP. NO. 887________

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1121
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
1121 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE SUNSET CLAUSE IN ACT 128,
     SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 1997,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to enable persons convicted, but
who are complying with treatment or who have not refused or
failed to comply with treatment, of substance abuse to continue
to receive financial assistance from the federal Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families and Food Stamp programs by
repealing the sunset date of Act 128, Session Laws of Hawaii
1997.

     The Department of Human Services, the Department of Health,
and the Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition testified in support of
this measure.

     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.
1121 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.


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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair