STAND. COM. REP. NO.1181-02
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2002
RE: S.B. No. 2043
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
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 S.B. No. 2043, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ADOPTION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Establish the temporary Hanai Adoption Advisory Task Force (Task Force) to study the legal issues of integrating the practice of hanai into statutory law and to propose legislation during the regular session of 2004; and
(2) Appropriate funds for Task Force expenses.
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs and Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii testified in support of this measure. The Department of Human Services supported the intent of this measure.
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. 2043, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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