STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1068

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 13

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 13 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to support the administration and operation of the Department of Education's (DOE's) food distribution program by establishing the Food Distribution Program Revolving Fund.  Revenues would be primarily generated from administrative fees charged for services rendered by state contracted warehouses for the distribution of federal commodity foods to recipient agencies.

     DOE testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Budget and Finance offered comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Appropriating unspecified sums from the Revolving Fund         for each year of fiscal biennium 2007-2009;

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to                    encourage further discussion; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for 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. 13, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 13, H.D. 1.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair