STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1834

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: S.B. No. 1187

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1187, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to make an emergency appropriation to the Department of Public Safety to provide the State's correctional institutions and the Health Care Division with sufficient funds to cover the cost of personnel to provide continuous operations and response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Public Safety and one individual.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the amount of the appropriation from $6,006,892 to $6,006,000; and

(2) Making it effective upon approval.

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. 1187, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1187, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair