STAND. COM. REP. NO. 942

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 1393

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1393, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Require that the seven voting members of the Commission on the Status of Women (Commission) be appointed by the Governor from a list of 20 individuals recommended by the Women's Legislative Caucus; and

(2) Transfers the Commission from the Office of the Lieutenant Governor to the Department of Human Services.

The Honolulu County Committee on the Status of Women, and a concerned individual supported this bill. The Department of Human Services provided comments on this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2010, to encourage further discussion on 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. 1393, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1393, H.D. 2.

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

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair