STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1125-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 53

S.D. 1

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. 53, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AMBULANCE SERVICE IN THE KIHEI/WAILEA REGION OF MAUI,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for 24-hour ambulance services for the Kihei/Wailea region of Maui.

The Mayor of Maui County, several members of the Maui County Council, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. The Department of Health supported the intent of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

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

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity 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. 53, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 53, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair