STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2710

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2269

       S.D. 2

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2269, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC HOUSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the Hawaii Public Housing Authority to enter into a work study program with the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, the Community Alliance for Mental Health, and one individual.

     Your Committee finds that authorizing a partnership between the Hawaii Public Housing Authority and the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work will create important educational opportunities for public housing residents.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

     (2)  Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, 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. 2269, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2269, S.D. 2.

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

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair