STAND. COM. REP. NO. 919

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 684

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 684 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICE CONTRACTS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COSTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate an additional $2,120,801 from the general fund for fiscal year 2004-2005 to pay for ambulance service contract collective bargaining costs.

The Department of Health, Vice-Chair of The Maui County Council, American Medical Response, and a concerned individual supported this bill.

Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

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 H.B. No. 684, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 684, H.D. 1.

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

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair