Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 2346 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to provide an emergency appropriation to fund the increasing cost of electricity used by the Department of Education (DOE).

DOE testified in support of this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2346 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.