STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2465

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2718

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 2718 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII CHILDREN'S TRUST FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to amend the law relating to the Hawaii Children's Trust Fund.

     Prior to the hearing on this measure, your Committee posted and made available for public review a proposed S.D. 1, which amends this measure by deleting its contents and replacing it with language that:

     (1)  Amends and establishes new responsibilities and members for the Hawaii Children's Trust Fund Advisory Board;

     (2)  Amends the responsibilities of the Hawaii Children's Trust Fund Coalition; and

     (3)  Repeals the Hawaii Children's Trust Fund Advisory Committee.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by adopting the proposed S.D. 1.

     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. 2718, as amended herein, and recommends that it be recommitted to the Committee on Human Services, in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2718, S.D. 1, for further consideration.

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

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair