STAND. COM. REP. NO. 453

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 508
                                     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 Human Services and Housing, to which was
referred H.B. No. 508 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE WAIANAE COAST COMMUNITY
     BENCHMARKING PILOT PROJECT AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO
     SUPPORT THE PROJECT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to help residents of the Waianae
Coast improve their conditions and quality of life by:

     (1)  Appropriating funds to the Waianae Coast Community
          Benchmarking Pilot Project (Benchmarking Project) and
          the Hawaii Community Services Council to support the
          benchmarking project; and

     (2)  Extending the benchmarking project three years to June
          30, 2003.

     The Hawaii Community Services Council, the Waianae Coast
Culture and Art Project, Waianae Coast Early Childhood Services,
the Waianae Coast Coalition, the Aloha United Way, the Waianae
Coast Comprehensive Health Center, Alternative Structures
International, the Waianae Business Center, the Native Hawaiian
Homesteads Association, and five individuals submitted testimony
in support of this measure.


 
 
 
 
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     Your Committee finds that the benchmarking project,
established in Act 314, Session Laws of Hawaii (SLH) 1997, has
been successful in organizing the community and developing
proposals and plans for the future.  It is critical that
resources are made available to make these plans a reality.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Replacing the appropriation with $2 for purposes of
          further discussion;

     (2)  Clarifying that the moneys being expended is to support
          the benchmarking project established under Act 314, SLH
          1997; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Human Services and Housing that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 508, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 508, H.D.
1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Human Services
                                   and Housing,



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                                   DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair