STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2233

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2813

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 2813 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DISABILITY AND COMMUNICATION ACCESS BOARD SPECIAL FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to amend the purpose of the disability and communication access board special fund to allow for the receipt of monies collected as continuing education units for the credentialing of interpreters.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Disability and Communication Access Board and two individuals.

     Your Committee finds that with the decline of available general funds, the Disability and Communication Access Board is exploring other options for revenue generation.  This measure will broaden the funding sources for the Disability and Communication Access Board Special Fund, giving the Board the potential to generate more revenue to defray costs of administering chapter 348F, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2813 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair