STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2136

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2892
                                        




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health and Human Services, to which was
referred S.B. No. 2892 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE CORRECTION OF THE
     APPLICABLE FISCAL YEAR FOR THE APPROPRIATION TO BE EXPENDED
     BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN SECTION 6 OF ACT 304, SESSION
     LAWS OF HAWAII 1999,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to correct a technical error
in Act 304, Session Laws of Hawaii 1999, relating to the Hawaii
tobacco settlement moneys.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Department of Health.

     Specifically, this measure provides that the appropriation
out of the Hawaii tobacco settlement special fund to the
Department of Health is for fiscal year 1999-2000, not 1999-2001.

     Your Committee wishes to make clear that the correction of
the fiscal year does not change the percentage allocations of
tobacco settlement moneys as provided in Act 304.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Health and Human Services that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 2892 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and
be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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



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                                   SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

 
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