STAND. COM. REP. 3247

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 2286

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2286, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII COMMISSION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide funding for the administration of the Hawaii Commission for National and Community Service.

Specifically, the measure appropriates $1 for state matching funds.

The mission of the Hawaii Commission for National and Community Service is to:

(1) Encourage community service and volunteer participation as a method of resolving state and community problems;

(2) Promote and support involvement in volunteer government and private sector programs statewide;

(3) Develop a comprehensive long-term plan for community service programs in the State; and

(4) Serve as the State liaison to national and state organizations with similar missions.

Your Committee finds that the Hawaii Commission for National and Community Service currently administers six community volunteer programs on the islands of Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Kauai, and Hawaii. These volunteer programs: provide support and education on domestic abuse prevention; serve our senior citizens with support that includes the Meals on Wheels program for the homebound; and improve and preserve our natural environment, focusing on endangered species restoration, invasive species removal, native forest recovery, coastal clean up, aquatic resource management, and trail building and management. The bill's matching fund appropriation not only will assist in the administration of the Hawaii Commission for National and Community Service, but more significantly, will also allow the State to receive an additional $1,000,000 in federal funding for program and training funds.

Your Committee has amended the bill by changing the amount appropriated from $1 to $142,000.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2286, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2286, H.D. 1, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair