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. 87, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to establish a family center project modeled after the demonstration project established under Act 329, Session Laws of Hawaii 1990.

Good Beginnings Alliance submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Department of Human Services submitted testimony in suppport of the intent of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive changes for 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. 87, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 87, H.D. 2.