STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1259-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2941

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2941 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE STATE WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to make an emergency appropriation of $3,055,896 for the state Workers' Compensation Program for fiscal year 2003-2004.

The Legislature received a message from the Governor requesting immediate consideration and passage of this bill, in accordance with Article VII, section 9, of the State Constitution.

The Department of Human Resources Development testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2010, to facilitate further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, 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 S.B. No. 2941, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2941, H.D. 1.

 

 

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

 

____________________________

DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair