STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1466-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: S.B. No. 3111

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. 3111, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT ESTABLISHING A COMMISSION TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR CONGRESSWOMAN PATSY T. MINK,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to honor the late Patsy T. Mink by:

(1) Establishing a temporary Congresswoman Patsy T. Mink Commission (Commission);

(2) Authorizing the Commission to seek grants and accept donations; and

(3) Appropriating funds for the Commission.

The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, Hawaii State Teachers Association, and Japanese Americans Citizens League of Hawaii Honolulu Chapter testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the 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. 3111, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3111, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair