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.C.R. No. 65, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a joint Senate-House committee to investigate the State's efforts to comply with the Felix Consent Decree.

Testimony in support of this measure was received by the Department of Education and the Department of Health.

Your Committee has amended this measure by specifying that the investigative committee shall be comprised of twelve members, six members appointed by the Senate President and six members appointed by the Speaker of the House.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 65, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 65, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.