STAND. COM. REP. NO. 822-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 1466

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1466 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE FUNDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to make a technical amendment to the law relating to the deposit of state funds into the state treasury.

This bill has been amended by replacing its original contents with new provisions, the purpose of which is to fund existing or emerging community coalitions in all 42 school complexes used as geographical identifiers of areas to receive funding statewide to:

(1) Coordinate local anti-drug community efforts;

(2) Fill service gaps; and

(3) Implement best practice prevention programs.

A proposed draft of this bill showing its amended form was circulated prior to its hearing. The Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition, Marimed Foundation, Coalition for a Drug-Free Hawaii, Malama O Kamalii Makamae, Community Works in 96744, Windward Neighborhood Security Watch Coordinators Group, Community Alliance on Prisons, and KEY Project testified in support of this bill. The Department of Health and several concerned area superintendents of the Department of Education supported the intent of this measure. A concerned individual supported this bill with amendments.

As amended by your Committee this bill would, among other things, support:

(1) Youth substance abuse prevention and intervention programs;

(2) Neighborhood safety and family support and education programs;

(3) Continuing care for persons in recovery from substance abuse; and

(4) Operational expenses for the above-mentioned initiatives.

Your Committee has further amended this bill by changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion.

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. 1466, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1466, 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