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. 1365, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for the Weed and Seed Program.

The United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii, Honolulu Police Department, State Health Planning and Development Agency, and several individuals submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Department of Public Safety and the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism submitted testimony in support of the intent of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the appropriation amount to $1; and

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. 1365, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1365, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.