STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1797

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 1036
                                     S.D. 3
                                     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 S.B. No.
1036, S.D. 3, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to reorganize the Commission on
Persons with Disabilities, the Hawaii State Coordinating Council
on Deafness, and the Architectural Access Committee to provide
for more efficient coordination of state efforts to comply with
disability access and civil rights laws through outreach and
voluntary compliance by establishing the Disability and
Communication Access Board.

     The Department of Health, the Department of Transportation,
the Architectural Access Committee, the Hawaii State Coordinating
Council on Deafness, the Commission on Persons with Disabilities,
and the Aloha State Association of the Deaf testified in support
of this bill.

     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 S.B. No.
1036, S.D. 3, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading. 

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair