STAND. COM. REP. NO. 624

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 1028
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B.
No. 1028, S.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VITAL RECORD FEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to make permanent the statutory
enactments of Act 216, Session Laws of Hawaii 1997 which created
a domestic violence prevention special fund and a vital
statistics improvement special fund, among other things.

     Your Committee finds that vital statistics data are the most
important data collected by any state and every effort should be
made to maintain these records accurately and preserve them for
posterity.  Your Committee also finds that one of the more
critical areas of societal concern today is the increasing
incidence of domestic and family violence.  Intervention and
prevention efforts are essential services that can offset these
damaging confrontations.  Continued support of these two major
areas covered by Act 216 can best be made by amending the sunset
provisions in Act 216 and making the changes permanent.

     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 S.B. No.
1028, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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