STAND. COM. REP. NO.  529

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 428

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 428 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 increase the educational capital of the state regarding, among other things, significant issues confronting Hawaii, policies and proposals that secure money for the state, and services for the poor.  Specifically, this bill supports the work of the Center on the Family at the University of Hawaii by appropriating funds for its operations.

 

     The Homeless Programs Branch of the Hawaii Public Housing Authority, Hawaii Women Work!, Catholic Charities Hawaii, Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawaii, Ka Hale Pomaikai, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  The University of Hawaii supported the intent of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing the appropriation amount 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 Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 428, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 428, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,

 

 

 

 

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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair