STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1955-08

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

 

RE:   S.B. No. 788

      S.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 788, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DISASTER RELIEF,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to provide emergency appropriations for the damage and destruction caused by the heavy rains and flooding in February and March, 2006, by extending from June 30, 2008, to June 30, 2009, the lapsing date of appropriations made during the Regular Session of 2006.

 

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Department of Defense testified in support of this bill.

 

     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. 788, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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