Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2397, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to make an emergency appropriation from the disaster revolving loan fund to help victims that suffered damages from the flooding that occurred on December 7 through December 8, 2003.

Your Committee finds that in response to damages suffered by individuals and businesses from heavy rains and flooding that occurred on December 7 through December 8, 2003, the Governor issued a disaster proclamation on December 23, 2003. This measure makes an immediate appropriation of $1,000,000 from the disaster revolving loan fund in response to requests for assistance from victims of the disaster.

Your Committee has amended this measure to make it effective upon its approval and by making other technical nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2397, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2397, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.