STAND. COM. REP. NO. 788

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1124
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
1124 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON
     REHABILITATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to restructure the State
Advisory Council on Rehabilitation, including renaming it to the
State Rehabilitation Council, to conform with the federal
Rehabilitation Act of 1998.

     The Department of Human Services, the Commission on Persons
with Disabilities, and the Workforce Development Council
testified in support of this measure.

     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.
1124 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair