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. 787 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Governor, Mayors, or their designees, to provide paid leave to state or county employees who provide disaster relief services for the American Red Cross.

The Department of Defense, Hawaii State Chapter of the American Red Cross, Hawaii Government Employees Association, and Hawaii Nurses' Association submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Department of Human Resources Development submitted testimony in support of the intent of this bill.

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. 787 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.