STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 1971
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2023
RE: S.B. No. 303
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2023
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 303, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE FUNDING OF GRANTS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 42F, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Epilepsy Foundation; Catholic Charities Hawai‘i; Hawaii Primary Care Association of Hawai‘i; Parents and Children Together; Boy Scouts of America, Aloha Council; National Guard Conference Corporation of Hawaii; and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.
Your Committee recognizes the great need in the State for services provided by non-governmental groups and nonprofit agencies. This measure provides grants-in-aid to help assist these organizations in better serving the community.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Inserting boilerplate tables to identify specific grant recipients as provided by the Department of Budget and Finance;
(2) Changing the effective date to June 30, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of 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. 303, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 303, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair |
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