STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1191-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2469

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2469, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE EMERGENCY AND BUDGET RESERVE FUND,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to help maintain vital social services by appropriating moneys from the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund for services and programs determined to be essential to education and public health and welfare.

 

     The State Council on Developmental Disabilities, the Department of Education, the Salvation Army-Family Intervention Services, the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center, Hale Opio Kauai, Inc., the Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs, the Waikiki Community Center, the Sex Abuse Treatment Center, Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the Salvation Army Honolulu Advisory Board, the Healthcare Association of Hawaii, Child and Family Service, the Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the Hawaii Disability Rights Center, the Domestic Violence Action Center, the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, AARP Hawaii, the Hawaii Family Forum, Hawaii Catholic Conference, Hawaii Primary Care Association, Hawaii Youth Services Network, Catholic Charities Hawaii, the National Association of Social Workers, Hawaii Chapter, Easter Seals Hawaii, the Arc of Hilo, and numerous concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Department of the Attorney General, the Judiciary, the County of Hawaii Office of Aging, PHOCUSED (Protecting Hawaii's Ohana, Children, Under Served, Elderly and Disabled), Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii, the Special Education Advisory Council, Project Dana, and several concerned individuals provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing all dollar amounts contained in the measure to unspecified amounts;

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (3)  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 S.B. No. 2469, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2469, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair