STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1577-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 2461

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

 

 

 

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 S.B. No. 2461, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GRANTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for various programs on Maui, including:

(1) Hale Mahaolu for phase one of the Hale Mahaolu Ehiku affordable housing development and a personal care program;

(2) Maui Economic Opportunity, Inc., for a new base yard site and for plans, design, and construction of a permanent transit facility; and

(3) Hale Makua for phase one of a federally mandated fire sprinkler system in the Hale Makua–Wailuku facility.

The League of Women Voters of Hawaii and Hale Mahaolu Personal Care Program testified in support of this bill. The Department of Human Services supported the intent of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage 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. 2461, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2461, 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