STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1520
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 1304
H.D. 1
S.D. 2
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1304, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to establish a temporary healthcare task force to develop a plan to implement healthcare for all Hawaii residents.
The bill also sets out tasks for the task force to accomplish and specifies thirteen members of the task force, who are to be appointed before July 15, 2005. This bill appropriates $100,000 for fiscal year 2005-2006 to support the activities of the task force.
This bill further authorizes a surcharge of $5 to be collected by non-civil service marriage license agents for their own compensation. The bill takes effect on July 1, 2099.
Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the effective date to upon its approval, except that section 2 of the bill making the appropriation shall take effect on July 1, 2005;
(2) Replacing the $100,000 appropriation with an unspecified amount;
(3) Clarifying, in the bill's description, that the new $5 surcharge is to be collected and retained by non-civil service marriage license agents; and
(4) Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment.
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. 1304, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1304, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.
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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