STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1047

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1750
                                     H.D. 1




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.
1750 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR BUSINESS
     SPECIALIST POSITIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for three
business specialist positions for Neighbor Island districts.

     The Department of Education's (DOE) Hawaii District and Maui
District testified in support of the bill.  DOE testified in
support of the intent of the bill.  DOE's Kauai District and
Kalaheo School commented on the measure.

     Your Committee has amended the bill by:

     (1)  Clarifying that one position shall be allocated to each
          of the Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui districts, for a total
          of three positions;

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

     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.
1750, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1750, H.D. 1.


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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair