Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Health and Human Services and Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 1858 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to establish a dedicated source of funding for before-school, after-school, and weekend programs through the reallocation of 4.5 percent of tobacco settlement moneys to the Office of Youth Services (OYS) for this purpose.

OYS, Blueprint for Change, and Hawaii Youth Services Network submitted testimony in support of this measure. The Department of Budget and Finance opposed this measure.

Your Committees find that providing programs outside school hours is beneficial in keeping Hawaii's youths safe and helps prevent illegal and harmful activity. OYS is supportive of establishing services and programs for youths during out-of-school hours.

Your Committees have amended this bill by:

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1858, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1858, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.