STAND. COM. REP. NO. 763

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1575
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
1575, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE MILLENIUM
     YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONGRESS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure the safety and comfort
of the delegates of the Millennium Young People's Congress
(Congress) by making an appropriation to fund home stays with
host families and for planning, coordination, transportation, and
family support stipends.

     The Hawaii Youth Services Network, the Hawaii Community
Services Council, the Congress Host Committee, Teachers and
Students At Work for Hawaii, Youth for Environmental Service, and
two individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Office
of Youth Services submitted testimony in support of the intent of
this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Replacing the appropriation with $1 for purposes of
          further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for
          purposes of clarity and style.


 
 
 
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     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.
1575, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1575, H.D.
2.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair