STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1610
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: S.B. No. 1780
S.D. 2
H.D. 2
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 S.B. No. 1780, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE COMMISSION ON FATHERHOOD,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to continue to support the role of fathers in raising children by:
(1) Extending the sunset date for the State Commission on Fatherhood (Commission) to June 30, 2007;
(2) Transferring the Commission from the Office of the Lieutenant Governor to the Department of Human Services (DHS); and
(3) Appropriating funds to carry out the purposes of the Commission.
DHS, the Commission, and Hawaii Coalition for Dads testified in support of this bill.
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, 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. 1780, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1780, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair |
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