STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2433

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2493

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2493, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO USE OF TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUNDS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to extend the funding provided to the John A. Burns School of Medicine from the Hawaii Tobacco Settlement Special Fund, by changing the sunset date in Act 264, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007, to June 30, 2015.

 

     Your Committee received comments in support of this measure from the University of Hawaii.  The Hawaii Smokers Alliance and a concerned individual provided comments opposing this measure.  Written comments may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that the John A. Burns School of Medicine helps to alleviate the shortage of physicians in Hawaii by educating and training physicians who serve people in the community.  Further, your Committee finds that allowing the funding from the Hawaii Tobacco Settlement Special Fund to continue until June 30, 2015, will assist the John A. Burns School of Medicine pay for its operating expenses without seeking moneys from the general fund.

 

     Your Committee amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Correcting a statutory reference in Section 5 of the measure, to section 328L-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2055, to facilitate further discussion; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity and style.

 

     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. 2493, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2493, S.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair