STAND. COM. REP. NO.1402
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: S.B. No. 1236
H.D. 2
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 S.B. No. 1236, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Establish the Data and Research Office for Children and Families (DROCF) within the Center on the Family at the University of Hawaii (UH) at Manoa;
(2) Appropriate funds for DROCF;
(3) Provide for a staff position for the Bridge-to-Hope (BTH) program from funds designated by Act 276, Session Laws of Hawaii 2000; and
(4) Appropriate funds for BTH.
The Department of Human Services, UH, Hawaii Performance Partnerships Board, Good Beginnings Alliance, and American Friends Service Committee submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Special Assistant on Children and Families of the Office of the Governor commented on this bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Making UH the expending agency for the appropriation for BTH; and
(2) Making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of style, clarity, and accuracy.
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 S.B. No. 1236, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1236, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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