STAND. COM. REP. NO. 757

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 429

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 429 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR EXPENSES OF THE 2005 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITION IN HONOLULU,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to help promote economic diversification in Hawaii by appropriating funds for the City and County of Honolulu to host the 2005 National Association of Counties Annual Conference and Exposition.

The Hawaii State Association of Counties; various members of the Maui County Council, Kauai County Council, and Hawaii County Council; and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the appropriation amount from $1,100,000 to $1 to encourage further discussion; and

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

 

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. 429, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 429, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair