Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2738, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to establish a Hawaii State Commission on Language Access to support persons with limited English proficiency.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this bill from the Inter-Agency Council for Immigrant Services, Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, Catholic Charities, Na Loio, and the Representative of the 30^th District. Testimony in opposition to the measure was submitted by the Department of Budget and Finance. The Office of the Lieutenant Governor commented on the bill.

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. 2738, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.