STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1876

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 54
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.C.R. No.
54, entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING A HAWAII STATE LAW
     ON EMPLOYMENT OF SEVERELY HANDICAPPED PERSONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution, as received, is
to request a Hawaii State Law on employment of severely
handicapped persons.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by replacing the
term "handicapped" with "disabled".

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 54,
as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form
attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 54, H.D. 1.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair