STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1168

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1043

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1043, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILDREN,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to increase support services to homeless children by:

 

(1)  Establishing a task force to coordinate public and private resources to benefit homeless children; and

 

(2)  Creating a special fund to be administered by the Department of Human Services (DHS) to fund and provide grants for innovative programs that benefit or help coordinate services for homeless children.

 

     The Department of Education, Hawaii Family Forum, Roman Catholic Church in the State of Hawaii, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  The Hawaii Public Housing Authority supported the intent of this measure.  The Department of the Attorney provided comments.

 


     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

(1)  Specifying standards for DHS to award grants to benefit homeless children to create an administrative grant program separate from Chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

 

(2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion;

 

     (3)  Extending the sunset date to June 30, 2011;

 

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style,

          clarity, and consistency.

 

     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. 1043, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1043, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair