STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1639-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2866

      S.D. 1

      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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2866, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to make an emergency appropriation to the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation for necessary operational costs pursuant to Governor's Message No. 190, and in accordance with section 9 of Article VII of the Hawaii State Constitution.

The Hawaii Health Systems Corporation supported this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount;

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate further discussion; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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 S.B. No. 2866, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2866, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair