STAND. COM. REP. NO. 890
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: H.B. No. 1192
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 H.B. No. 1192, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE LYON ARBORETUM,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to improve Hawaii's botanical and educational resources by appropriating funds for the Harold L. Lyon Arboretum (Arboretum) as follows:
(1) $870,000 for fiscal year 2005-2006 and the same sum for fiscal year 2006-2007 for repair and maintenance of the Arboretum; and
(2) $1,300,000 for fiscal year 2005-2006 and the same sum for fiscal year 2006-2007 for operating expenses of the Arboretum.
The Hawaii Agriculture Research Center, Community Steering Committee for a Plan for the Future of Lyon Arboretum, and numerous concerned citizens supported this bill. The University of Hawaii and Hawaii Government Employees Association, HEGEA/AFSCME, Local 142, AFL-CIO supported the intent of this bill.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the appropriation amounts to $1 for each fiscal year to promote further 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. 1192, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1192, 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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