STAND. COM. REP. NO.  349-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2555

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2555 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VITAL STATISTICS FEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to keep pace with increased costs of operation, maintenance, and enhancement of the statewide vital statistics system by adjusting fees paid by the public for vital records.

The Department of Health testified in support of this measure.  The Office of Hawaiian Affairs testified in opposition to this measure.  The Domestic Violence Action Center and Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Reallocating the increased fees for certified copies between the Vital Statistics Improvement Special Fund and the general fund; 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 Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2555, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2555, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair