STAND. COM. REP. NO.  882-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 1698

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1698 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO QUALIFIED COMMUNITY REHABILITATION PROGRAMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to improve government efficiency by removing the requirement that the Department of Human Resources Development submit annual reports on the expenditures of qualified community rehabilitation programs to the Legislature.

The Department of Human Resources Development and a concerned individual supported the measure.

     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. 1698 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair