STAND. COM. REP. NO. 613-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2504
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
2504 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION
     ACT, 1920, AS AMENDED,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to authorize the chair of the
Hawaiian Homes Commission to extend the employment contracts of
individual employees beyond the six-year limitation imposed by
the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act.

     The Hawaiian Homes Commission testified in favor of this
bill.

     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.
2504 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair