STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1014

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 201
                                     H.D. 2




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 H.B. No.
201, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE BLUE
     WATER MARINE LABORATORY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for the
continued operation of the Blue Water Marine Laboratory Program
and the Marine Option Program.

     The Waikiki Aquarium and members of the public supported
this measure.  Several individuals commented on this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical,
nonsubstantive changes for style, clarity, and consistency.

     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 H.B. No.
201, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 201, H.D. 2.


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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair