STAND. COM. REP. NO. 722

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1146

       S.D. 2

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1146, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to establish the Senator Hiram L. Fong scholarship program and the Senator Oren E. Long scholarship program at the University of Hawaii.

     The Senator Hiram L. Fong Commission submitted comments in support of this measure.  Comments on the measure were submitted by the Interim Associate Vice President for Student Affairs of the University of Hawaii, the Department of Education, and the Attorney General. 

     Your Committee finds that the proposals to establish these scholarship programs reflect the recommendations of the Senator Hiram L. Fong Commission, which was established by the Legislature in an earlier session.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the appropriation figures to unspecified amounts for the purposes of promoting continued discussion of the matter.  Your Committee also made technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1146, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1146, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair