STAND. COM. REP. NO.  217-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 1655

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1655 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII CANCER RESEARCH SPECIAL FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to increase fiscal transparency in the use of public funds by prohibiting transfers into the Hawaii Cancer Research Special Fund from other accounts or funds containing general funds.

The University of Hawaii Cancer Center provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2525, to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1655, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1655, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,

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ISAAC W. CHOY, Chair