STAND. COM. REP. NO. 706

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 1499
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B.
No. 1499, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE RANDOLPH-SHEPPARD
     REVOLVING ACCOUNT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow the State Committee of
Blind Vendors to use moneys from the Randolph-Sheppard revolving
account to hire private attorneys.

     Specifically, beginning on July 1, 1999, the Department must
identify the source of all moneys deposited in the revolving
account that are derived from vending machine income on federal,
state, and county properties.  The State Committee of Blind
Vendors may expend up to $30,000 annually from the revolving
account, as long as no federally-generated income is used for the
purpose of hiring private attorneys.  This bill requires the
Director of Human Services to transfer, at the beginning of each
fiscal year, $30,000 from the Randolph-Sheppard revolving account
to an interest-bearing account in the name of the State Committee
of Blind Vendors, as long as no moneys are from federal sources.
Finally, this bill requires the Department of Human Services to
report annually to the Legislature on the activities and balance
of the revolving fund.


 
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     This bill is intended to empower the State's blind vendors
to assert and protect their rights under chapter 347, Hawaii
Revised Statutes, relating to blind and visually handicapped
persons, especially as it relates to retaining their newsstand
concessions at the Honolulu International Airport.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B.
No. 1499, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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