STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1448

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   S.B. No. 1288

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1288, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE EMERGENCY AND BUDGET RESERVE FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure continued assistance to Hawaii's vulnerable populations by amending Act 191, Session Laws of Hawaii 2010, to provide additional appropriations from the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund, extend the lapse date of appropriated moneys, and make necessary technical corrections.

     The Governor; Department of Human Services; Department of Health; Executive Office on Aging; State Council on Developmental Disabilities; Maui County Office on Aging; Catholic Charities Hawaii; AARP; Partners in Care; Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii; Goodwill Industries of Hawaii, Inc.; Ala Kuola; PHOCUSED; Hawaii Primary Care Association; The Salvation Army; Hawaii Youth Services Network; The Children's Alliance of Hawaii, Inc.; Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center; Legal Aid Society of Hawaii; The Sex Abuse Treatment Center; Child & Family Service; Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition; Adult Friends for Youth; and several concerned individuals supported this bill.  The Judiciary, Domestic Violence Action Center, Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Hale Mahaolu, and Life Foundation provided comments.

     Pursuant to the requirements set forth in Article VII, section 9, of the Hawaii Constitution, the Governor, in Governor's Message No. 100 to the Legislature, requested immediate consideration and passage of this bill, citing an existing critical funding situation.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Deleting amendments made to section 31 of Act 191 which appropriates moneys for domestic violence services; 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. 1288, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1288, 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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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair