STAND. COM. REP. NO.661

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2003

RE: S.B. No. 505

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 505 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE EMERGENCY ENVIRONMENTAL WORKFORCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii to continue the emergency environmental workforce established under Act 4, Third Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2001.

This bill also requires the Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Health, and Department of Agriculture to work with the Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii to effectively deploy the workforce.

Your Committee finds that the emergency environmental workforce has made great strides in addressing public health issues by increasing public awareness and reducing potentially harmful environmental factors. The workforce has also provided an important avenue for economic recovery in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, by creating new jobs for Hawaii's citizens.

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. 505 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair