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 S.B. No. 1305, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill, as received, is to transfer amounts in excess of the requirements of eleven special and revolving funds into the general fund.

For purposes of receiving public testimony, your Committee circulated a proposed H.D. 1 version of this bill. The proposed draft:

The Department of Budget and Finance, DOH, Tobacco Prevention and Control Advisory Board, American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, Tobacco Free Kauai Coalition, Coalition for a Tobacco Free Hawaii, American Lung Association of Hawaii, Molokai General Hospital-Lamalama Ka Ili Community Health Services, several individuals from Baldwin High School, and numerous concerned individuals testified in opposition to the proposed draft. The Judiciary and Tax Foundation of Hawaii submitted comments on the bill as received.

Your Committee has amended the proposed draft by:

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. 1305, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1305, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.