STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1823

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: S.B. No. 992
                                     S.D. 2
                                     H.D. 2




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 S.B. No.
992, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HANA
     COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to maintain the Hana Community
Health Center's (Center) current level of operations by
appropriating funds for fiscal years 1998-1999, 1999-2000, and
2000-2001.

     The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the County Council for the
County of Maui, the Hana Community Health Center, the
Representative from the 7th Representative District, and
seventeen individuals testified in support of the bill.  The
Department of Health testified in support of the intent of the
bill.  The United Public Workers commented on the bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the appropriation amount for fiscal years
          1998-1999, 1999-2000, and 2000-2001 to $1 for the
          purpose of facilitating additional discussion on this
          measure; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style
          and clarity.

 
 
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     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.
992, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it
pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 992,
S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair