STAND. COM. REP. NO.685
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 569
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. 569 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR HEALTH FUND PREMIUMS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to provide emergency funding for health fund premiums.
Your Committee received a letter from the Governor dated February 2, 2001:
(1) Stating that the appropriation of $14,500,000 in general funds will pay for the projected shortfall in the employer portion of health fund premiums;
(2) Stating that timely passage of this measure is requested in order for the Department of Budget and Finance to meet the statutory requirement in Chapter 87, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and current collective bargaining agreements; and
(3) Requesting immediate passage of this measure.
The Department of Budget and Finance testified in
support of this bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Removing the section regarding the general fund ceiling; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for the purposes of style and clarity.
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. 569, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 569, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for 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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