Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 504 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for a grant-in-aid to the Maui Food Bank.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Maui County Council and the Hawaii Foodbank.

The Maui Community Food Bank is a subsidiary distribution organization of the Hawaii Foodbank, which distributes food to individuals and families on the island of Maui who may be experiencing difficulties in the wake of September 11, 2001, and the State's continuing economic downturn. As such, the Maui Food Bank provides a much-needed service to individuals and families who otherwise might go hungry.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 504

and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.