STAND. COM. REP. NO. 761
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 1498
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1498 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR TWENTY-FOUR HOUR ADVANCED EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICES FOR UPCOUNTRY MAUI,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to appropriate $771,581 for fiscal year 2005-2006 and $388,500 for fiscal year 2006-2007 to provide 24-hour advanced life support ambulance services for the upcountry region of Maui.
The Kula Community Association and three concerned citizens supported this bill. The Department of Health supported the intent of this bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Changing the appropriation amount to $1 for each fiscal year to encourage continued discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.
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 H.B. No. 1498, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1498, 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 TAKAMINE, Chair |
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