STAND. COM. REP. NO. 650-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2261
                                     H.D. 1
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Labor and Public Employment and Finance,
to which was referred H.B. No. 2261 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VOLUNTEER SERVICES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to establish the State Volunteer
Services Office (Office) within the Office of the Governor.

     In addition, this bill establishes:

     (1)  The Board of the State Volunteer Services Office
          (Board) to be responsible for the general
          administration and proper operation of the Office; and

     (2)  The State Volunteer Services Trust Fund (Trust Fund) to
          carry out the purposes of the Office.

     The State Volunteer Services, Communities in Schools-Hi
Project of the YMCA, and several individuals testified in support
of this bill.  An individual testified in support of the intent
of this bill.

     Your Committees have amended the bill by:

     (1)  Deleting the establishment of the Board and the Trust
          Fund;


 
 
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     (2)  Making the Office responsible for establishing a
          comprehensive program on volunteerism and submitting a
          progress report to the Legislature;

     (3)  Expanding the scope of duties of the Office;

     (4)  Specifying that the Office of the Governor is to
          provide the Office with a director and funding support
          to carry out its services; and

     (5)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity,
          consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Labor and Public Employment and Finance that are
attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the
intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2261, as amended herein, and
recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto
as H.B. No. 2261, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third
Reading.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Labor and Public
                                   Employment and Finance,

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair          TERRY NUI YOSHINAGA, Chair