STAND. COM. REP. NO.1207-02
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2002
RE: S.B. No. 2964
S.D. 2
H.D. 2
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. 2964, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMISSION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to encourage community service and volunteer participation by:
(1) Statutorily establishing the Hawaii Commission for National and Community Service (Commission); and
(2) Transferring the functions and programs from the temporary Commission created by Executive Order 94-1 from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DLIR) to the University of Hawaii (UH).
The Commission and UH testified in support of this measure with amendments. The Department of Human Services, Department of Education, and Hawaii Government Employees Association supported the intent of this bill. DLIR offered comments.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Clarifying the provisions relating to the transfer of the executive director position from DLIR to UH;
(2) Deleting the appropriation section; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments to correct drafting errors.
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. 2964, 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. 2964, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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