STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1821-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 172

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 172, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GRANTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to broaden the class of organizations that may be awarded a grant to include organizations that spend at least ninety percent of their operating budget in the State and are registered with the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and in possession of valid certificates of vendor compliance issued by the State.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of the Mayor of the County of Kaua‘i, one member of the Kaua‘i County Council, Hanalei Watershed Hui, National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hui Maka‘ainana O Makana, Huliauapa‘a, The Hanalei Initiative, and three individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Office of Community Services.

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 S.B. No. 172, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair