STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1392

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 570
                                     S.D. 1
                                     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 S.B. No. 570, S.D. 1, 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 improve the quality of life
on the Waianae Coast by extending the Waianae Coast Community
Benchmarking Pilot Project to June 30, 2003.

     The Department of Business, Economic Development, and
Tourism (DBEDT), the Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center,
the Waianae Coast Coalition, and several individuals testified in
support of this measure.

     Your Committee is supportive of the goals and activities of
the benchmarking pilot project, and believes that its process
improves the economy of the Waianae community and the lives of
its residents.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Making an appropriation to fund:

          (A)  Various projects of the benchmarking pilot
               project; and

 
 
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          (B)  The Hawaii Community Services Council for
               technical support;

     (2)  Naming DBEDT as the expending agency;

     (3)  Effectuating this measure upon its approval, since the
          project is an ongoing process; and

     (4)  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 S.B. No. 570, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No.
570, S.D. 1, 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,



                                   ______________________________
                                   DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair