STAND. COM. REP. 1342

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 870

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 870, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOMELESS SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

Th purpose of this bill is to provide assistance to the homeless by appropriating funds to the Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii (HCDCH) for outreach and other services.

The Honolulu Police Department, Institute for Human Services, Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii, Affordable Housing and Homeless Alliance, Homeless Solutions, Women in Need Family Resource Center, Waianae Community Outreach, Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, and several individuals submitted testimony in support of this bill. HCDCH submitted testimony in support of the intent 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 S.B. No. 870, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, 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