STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1378-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: S.B. No. 2607
                                     S.D. 1
                                     H.D. 3




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No.
2607, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS
     OF WOMEN,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to enable the Commission on the
Status of Women (Commission) to become financially self-
sufficient by:

     (1)  Establishing a Trust Fund for the Commission; and

     (2)  Updating statutory language relating to the duties and
          powers of the Commission.

     The Commission, the Departments of Public Safety and Labor
and Industrial Relations, the Honolulu County Committee on the
Status of Women, the Office of Student Equity, Excellence, and
Diversity at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, the National
Association of Social Workers, the Hawaii Women's Political
Caucus, Hawaii Women Lawyers, the Hawaii Coalition for Affordable
Long Term Care, the Sex Abuse Treatment Center, the Hawaii Area
Program of the American Friends Service Committee, Volunteer
Legal Services Hawaii, the Violence Prevention Consortium, the
Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, and numerous individuals
testified in support of this measure.  The Department of
Accounting and General Services submitted comments.

 
 
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     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical,
nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.

     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 S.B. No.
2607, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it
pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2607,
S.D. 1, H.D. 3.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair