STAND. COM. REP. NO.605
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 1233
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1233, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO YOUTH SERVICES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Appropriate funds to the Office of Youth Services (OYS) for youth services centers and for the Hookala diversion lock-up program;
(2) Expand the responsibilities of youth services centers; and
(3) Require OYS to submit a report to the Legislature regarding youth services centers.
The Juvenile Justice State Advisory Council, Maui Youth and Family Services, Inc., Boys and Girls Club of Hawaii, The Salvation Army-Family Intervention Services, Susannah Wesley Community Center, Hale Kipa, Inc., Maui Youth and Family Services, Kualoa-Heeia Ecumenical Youth Project, Kalihi YMCA, Hale Opio Kauai, Inc., and Parents and Children Together submitted testimony in support of this bill. OYS submitted testimony in support of the intent of this 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. 1233, H.D. 1, 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 |
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