STAND. COM. REP. NO. 839
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2015
RE: H.B. No. 546
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2015
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 546 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO and Americans for Democratic Action Hawai‘i supported this measure. The University of Hawai‘i opposed this measure. The Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO provided comments.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage 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. 546, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 546, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
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