STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3350

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 2273
                                        H.D. 2
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B.
No. 2273, H.D. 2, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII CHILDREN'S TRUST
     FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to transfer funds from the
Hawaii tobacco settlement special fund to the Hawaii children's
trust fund as a source of grants for child abuse and neglect
prevention activities.

     Your Committee finds that abuse and neglect prevention
programs are more cost effective than abuse and neglect treatment
programs.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the
appropriation from $1 to $2 for the purpose of continued
discussion of the matter.

     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 H.B. No.
2273, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass

 
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Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2273, H.D.
2, S.D. 1.

                                 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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