STAND. COM. REP. NO.631

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 708

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 708 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Establish the Federal Reimbursement Maximization Special Fund under the Department of Public Safety to retain federal funding for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program; and

(2) Authorize an appropriation from the Federal Reimbursement Maximization Special Fund.

The Department of Public Safety testified in support of this bill.

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. 708 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