Bill Text: HI SB800 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: State Commission on Fatherhood

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [SB800 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SB800-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 807

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 800

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 800, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE STATE COMMISSION ON FATHERHOOD,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to assist the State Commission on Fatherhood by providing a strategic plan, increasing a member's term to four years with a limit of two terms, and appropriating funds for administrative expenses.

 

     Your Committee finds that the mission of the State Commission on Fatherhood, established in 2007, is to promote healthy family relationships, create nurturing relationships between children and both of their parents, and provide families with guidance and support.  Your Committee also finds that the Commission requires an Executive Director and staff to carry out its strategic plan.  Also, in order to retain membership, the length of members' terms should be increased to provide continuity to allow the commission to carry out its plans.

 

     You Committee has amended the measure by:

 

     (1)  Deleting the appropriation section and renumbering the remaining sections;

 

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

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes and conforming amendments to the purpose section 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. 800, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 800, S.D. 2.

 

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

 

		____________________________ DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair