Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to fund the increasing costs of electricity use by the Department of Education (DOE) through an emergency appropriation. The sum of $5,169,458 that is appropriated in this bill is expected to meet DOE's projected unmet need for the current fiscal year.

DOE testified in support of this bill.

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. 2346 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.