STAND. COM. REP. 769

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: H.B. No. 377

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 377 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS FOR NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS THAT PROVIDE HEALTH CARE FACILITIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to extend from June 30, 2003, to June 30, 2008, the authorization to issue special purpose revenue bonds, previously authorized by Act 279, Session Laws of Hawaii 1999, to assist Pacific Cardiac Institute, Inc., (PCII) with the financing of:

(1) The acquisition of land for a new facility;

(2) Plans, design, construction, and operation of a new health care facility; or

(3) The acquisition and installation of additional capital equipment for use with PCII facilities.

Wahiawa General Hospital, Wahiawa-Central Oahu Health Center, Central-Oahu Physician Hospital Organization, The Wahiawa Hospital Association, Pacific Sports Medicine & Research Center, Inc., Pyrus, Incorporated, Pacific Sportscare, Financial Resource Group, LLC, and Meritage Healthcare Strategies, LLC, submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Department of Budget and Finance submitted comments on this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Authorizing the issuance of refunding special purpose revenue bonds; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, conformity, and style.

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. 377, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 377, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair