STAND. COM. REP. NO.960
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: S.B. No. 739
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 739 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ANATOMICAL GIFTS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to establish the Hawaii organ and tissue education special fund as a permanent special fund.
Specifically, this bill:
(1) Repeals the sunset date of Act 88, Session Laws of Hawaii 1999 (Act 88) to make the Hawaii organ and tissue education special fund permanent; and
(2) Allows individuals to continue to donate $1 to the special fund upon registration of their motor vehicles.
Your Committee finds that Act 88 has had a significant impact on increasing public awareness of the critical need for organ and tissue donors in the State. This measure will provide on-going support for educational outreach programs across various ethnic, religious, and age groups and will, in turn, increase Hawaii's pool of organ, tissue, and eye donors and consequently save lives.
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 S.B. No. 739 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair |
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