STAND. COM. REP. NO. 984________

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 318
                                     




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.
318 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR ADDITIONAL
     SCHOOL CLERICAL POSITIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for 292
temporary school clerical positions.

     The Department of Education, the Hawaii Government Employees
Association, the Hawaii State Teachers Association, the Hawaii
School Office Services Association, 13 school administrative
service assistants, and one school account clerk testified in
support of the 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 H.B. No.
318 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair