STAND. COM. REP. NO.808

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 840

H.D. 2

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 840, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to establish a data and research office for children and families in the Center on the Family at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

The University of Hawaii School of Social Work, Center on the Family at the University of Hawaii, Hawaii Centers for Independent Living, Good Beginnings Alliance, Hawaii Kids Count, Hawaii Performance Partnership Board, and concerned citizens testified in support of this measure. The University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources and a concerned citizen supported the intent of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the expending agency to the Office of the Governor.

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. 840, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 840, H.D. 2.

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

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair