Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 708 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to establish the Federal Reimbursement Maximization Special Fund under the Department of Public Safety and to request an appropriation from the Federal Reimbursement Maximization Special Fund.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Public Safety.

Your Committee finds that this proposed special fund will streamline the department's efforts to both pursue federal grant opportunities and to maintain existing federal grant agreements. Your Committee therefore finds that assisting the department in these efforts is in the best interest of maintaining public safety.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 708 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.