STAND. COM. REP. NO. 808

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 303

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 303 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE FUNDING OF GRANTS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 42F, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate moneys for operating and capital improvement grants for fiscal year 2023-2024.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Hawaii Youth Services Network; West Hawaii Community Health Center; Aloha House, Inc.; Parents And Children Together; Laiopua Community Development Corporation; Waimanalo Health Center; Kokua Kalihi Valley; Hawaii Primary Care Association; Waiohuli Hawaiian Homesteaders Association; Hana Health; Hawai`i Parkinson Association; Laiopua 2020; Lana`i Community Health Center; Epilepsy Foundation of Hawaii; and one individual.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committee finds that the moneys appropriated by this measure will assist Hawaii's private organizations to provide essential and impactful services to residents and communities.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Adding a legislative finding that the grants made pursuant to Chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, under this measure are in the public interest and for the public health, safety, and general welfare;

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

(3) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for 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. 303, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 303, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair