STAND. COM. REP. NO.  811

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1786

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1786 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to help student welfare recipients gain employment, earnings, job skills, and employer references by appropriating $60,000 each year for two years for the coordination and administration of the Bridge to Hope Program at the University of Hawaii (UH).

 

     The National Association of Social Workers – Hawaii Chapter, the Program Coordinator for UH Bridge to Hope Program, the Director of the UH Manoa Women's Center, and several concerned individuals supported this bill.  UH supported the intent of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

(1)  Removing the specified appropriation;

 

(2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, promote further discussion; and

 

(3)  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. 1786, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1786, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair