STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2522

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2658
                                        




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 S.B.
No. 2658 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GENERAL ASSISTANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow the Department of Human
Services to retain any appropriation for general assistance to
households without minor dependents at the close of each fiscal
year.

     Your Committee believes that allowing the Department to
retain unexpended general assistance funds at the close of each
fiscal year is necessary to facilitate adequate funding of
general assistance from year to year.  The bill prohibits the
retained funds from being used for any other purpose and provides
that the funds shall not diminish future appropriations.

     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 S.B. No.
2658 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.


 
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                                 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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