STAND. COM. REP. NO.517

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 1307

H.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor and Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 1307 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAII COMMISSION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to create a Hawaii Commission for National and Community Service.

Your Committee received supporting testimony from the Superintendent of Education and persons from the Hawaii Commission for National and Community Service.

Your Committee finds that as government costs rise, it must rely more and more on volunteers and the help of concerned citizens. The concept of volunteerism remains a cornerstone of responsible citizenship in the United States. This bill would create a commission to promote and support these volunteer efforts. Your Committee supports the concept of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by adding a definition for "conference report" and adding the phrase, "Notwithstanding section 26-34(d), to the contrary" to begin the second sentence in section –5 on page 5, line 19.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor and Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1307, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1307, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committees on Health and Human Services and Housing.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor and Public Employment,

____________________________

TERRY NUI YOSHINAGA, Chair