STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2809

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 3070

       S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3070, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GRANTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish annual standards for the grant appropriation process established under chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

     More specifically, this measure establishes legislative policies to:

     (1)  Make appropriations for grants during the regular session of each odd-numbered year for the ensuing fiscal biennium;

     (2)  Appropriate moneys for not more than one grant for each grant recipient during a fiscal biennium; and

     (3)  Place a low priority on requests to fund general and administrative expenses,

subject to the Legislature's discretion to deviate from the policies.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Moiliili Community Center Senior Center.

     Your Committee received written comments on this measure from Hawaii Youth Services Network and Catholic Charities Hawaii.

     Your Committee finds that it is necessary to provide clarity and guidance in the legislative grant program.  Your Committee further finds that the legislative policies established by this measure will seek to create a more equitable distribution of funds and place a priority on direct services. 

     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. 3070, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair