STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1572

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.R. No. 213
                                     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 Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which
was referred H.R. No. 213 entitled:

     "HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING A STUDY EVALUATING ALTERNATIVE
     FUNDING FOR AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR PUBLIC
     ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this resolution is to determine whether the
State's policy to fund automobile insurance coverage for public
assistance recipients is financially sound.  This resolution
requests that the Department of Human Services (DHS), in
cooperation with the Insurance Commissioner, conduct a study
evaluating alternative funding for automobile insurance coverage
for public assistance recipients.

     DHS submitted supporting testimony, welcoming the
opportunity to conduct the study and expressing the Department's
belief that the current system may be the most cost-effective for
the State and the DHS.  The Insurance Commissioner of the
Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs testified that the
Insurance Division is willing to participate in the study.

     Your Committee believes that, in these difficult economic
times, this study would be prudent and help to fulfill the
State's fiscal responsibility to all citizens.  For purposes of
clarity, consistency, and conformance with standard drafting
conventions, your Committee has made technical, nonsubstantive
amendments to this resolution.

 
 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce that is attached to
this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose
of H.R. No. 213, as amended herein, and recommends that it be
referred to the Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto
as H.R. No. 213, H.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Consumer
                                   Protection and Commerce,



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                                   RON MENOR, Chair