STAND. COM. REP. NO. 231

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 924

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 924 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE STATE COMMISSION ON FATHERHOOD,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds to support the operations of the State Commission on Fatherhood in advancing its legislative mandate.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Human Services and the State Commission on Fatherhood.

 

     Your Committee finds that the appropriation proposed under this measure would help the State Commission on Fatherhood implement its strategic plan by providing funding for:

 

     (1)  The travel expenses of neighbor island commissioners;

 

     (2)  The Commission to establish an office; and

 

     (3)  The Commission to employ a Director and clerical staff.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 924 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

 

 

 

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair