STAND. COM. REP. NO.1210-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: S.B. No. 23

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 23, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DISASTER RELIEF,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to provide an unspecified number of days of paid leave of absence to state and county employees who are certified American Red Cross disaster volunteers who perform certain disaster relief services.

Hawaii Nurses' Association and the American Red Cross, Hawaii State Chapter testified in strong support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the reference to Chapter 79 to Chapter 127; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity 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. 23, 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. 23, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

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

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair