STAND. COM. REP. NO. 933

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 1106

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1106 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE STATE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women for programming, travel, and office expenses.

 

     The Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, Oahu VOICES, and one concerned individual submitted comments in support of this measure.

 

     Your Committee finds that this appropriation would allow the Commission to fully fund its mission to ensure equality for women and be a catalyst for change through advocacy, education, collaboration, and program development.

 

     Your Committee notes that section 2 of the bill describes several different programs as examples of the Commission's activities, and it is the overall intent of the bill for this appropriation to enable the Commission to provide support to these and other similar programs as the Commission deems fit.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the amount appropriated to an unspecified amount to facilitate further discussion on this measure; and

 

     (2)  Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1106, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1106, S.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair