STAND. COM. REP. NO.  782

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1188

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1188 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY POVERTY REDUCTION TASK FORCE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to improve access to economic and educational opportunities to help families achieve self-sufficiency and financial security while reducing the number of Hawaii residents living in poverty by:

 

(1)  Creating the Economic Opportunity Poverty Reduction Task Force to assess current state policies and practices that promote economic opportunity and poverty reduction; and

 

(2)  Develop a strategic, integrated, and comprehensive plan to expand economic opportunities in Hawaii to reduce the number of Hawaii residents, including children and families, living in poverty.  

 

     A concerned individual supported this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate further discussion; and

 

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments 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. 1188, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1188, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair