STAND. COM. REP. NO.  678-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 1752

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1752, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for one full-time equivalent position as grant administrative support personnel in the Office of Community Services for fiscal year 2016-2017.

The Chamber of Commerce Hawaii and an individual provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Office of Community Services provided comments.

     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 H.B. No. 1752, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair