STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1589

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 1747

S.D. 2

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 S.B. No. 1747, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE LYON ARBORETUM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to support botanical research and education in Hawaii by appropriating $900,000 for fiscal year 2005-2006 and $900,000 for fiscal year 2006-2007 for the repair, maintenance, and operation of the Harold L. Lyon Arboretum.

The College of Natural Sciences at the University of Hawaii and numerous concerned individuals supported this bill. The Hawaii Government Employees Association supported the intent of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation amount for each fiscal year to $1 to promote further discussion; and

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

 

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. 1747, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1747, S.D. 2, H.D. 1.

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

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair