STAND. COM. REP. NO. 909-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 2607
                                     S.D. 1
                                     H.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor and Public Employment, to which was
referred S.B. No. 2607, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS
     OF WOMEN,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to:

     (1)  Establish a trust fund for the Commission on the Status
          of Women (Commission) upon the creation of a tax-
          exempt, nonprofit foundation that is subject to the
          terms and conditions provided in Chapter 367, Hawaii
          Revised Statutes; and

     (2)  Update statutory language relating to the duties and
          powers of the Commission.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Commission, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Hawaii
Civil Rights Commission, University of Hawaii (UH) at Manoa
Women's Center, National Association of Social Workers, Hawaii
Women Lawyers, Hawaii Women's Coalition, Hawaii State Coalition
Against Domestic Violence, Hawaii Coalition for Affordable Long
Term Care, Parents and Children Together, Family Planning Centers
of Hawaii, Violence Prevention Consortium, Department of Public
Safety, Honolulu County Committee on the Status of Women,
Department of Human Resources of the City and County of Honolulu,

 
 
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UH at Manoa Office of Student Equity, Excellence and Diversity,
Hawaii Area Program of the American Friends Service Committee,
Hawaii Women's Political Caucus, BPW/Hawaii, and several
individuals.  The Department of Accounting and General Services
offered comments.

     Your Committee finds that a private charitable trust fund
will provide an excellent source of money for the Commission's
programs.  In addition, the trust fund will assist the Commission
to become financially self-sufficient.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Specifying that any funds or properties donated for the
          Commission's use shall be accounted for in accordance
          with the policies and procedures rather than rules
          issued by the Comptroller; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for
          purposes of style and clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Labor and Public Employment that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 2607, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No.
2607, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on
Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Labor and Public
                                   Employment,



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                                   TERRY NUI YOSHINAGA, Chair