STAND. COM. REP. NO. 846

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 758

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 758, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AND SERVICES FOR THE BLIND DIVISION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds and make appropriations for the Department of Human Services' Vocational Rehabilitation and Services for the Blind Division to upgrade equipment and facilities for its Hoopono program.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Human Services and two individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds that Hoopono Services for the Blind is housed in an aging building.  Your Committee further finds that funds are needed to repair the leaking roof, renovate the restrooms, and improve the condition of the auditorium.  This measure secures funds to remedy these problems and improve the effectiveness of the Hoopono program.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Authorizing the issuance of $773,000 in general obligation bonds and appropriating that amount to the Department of Human Services for the Hoopono program; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 758, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 758, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

 

 

 

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair