STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1612
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: S.B. No. 617
S.D. 1
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 S.B. No. 617, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COURT INTERPRETER SERVICES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to support the Court Interpreting Services Program's educational services and activities related to the training, screening, testing, and certification of court interpreters by:
(1) Establishing the Court Interpreting Services Revolving Fund (Revolving Fund); and
(2) Exempting the Revolving Fund from the central service expenses assessment and the pro rata share of administrative expenses for special funds.
The Judiciary and the Hawaii Interpreter Action Network testified in support of this bill. The Department of Budget and Finance provided comments.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Removing the Revolving Fund's exemptions from the central service expenses assessment and the pro rata share of administrative expenses for special funds;
(2) Appropriating an unspecified amount of funds out of the Revolving Fund for fiscal year 2005-2006 and fiscal year 2006-2007; and
(3) 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 S.B. No. 617, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 617, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair |
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