Bill Text: HI SR73 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Electronic Benefit Transfer Cards; E Pluribus Unum

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-28 - The committee on HMS deferred the measure. [SR73 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2013-SR73-Introduced.html

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THE SENATE	S.R. NO.	73
TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE RESOLUTION

 

 

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO INSCRIBE

"E PLURIBUS UNUM" ON ITS ELECTRONIC BENEFIT TRANSFER CARDS.

 

 

     WHEREAS, in Hawaii, more than 187,000 residents receive federal assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); and

 

     WHEREAS, thirty-seven thousand Hawaii residents receive federal assistance through the Women, Infants, and Children program (WIC); and

 

     WHEREAS, the financial assistance is carried on Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards issued to program participants; and

 

     WHEREAS, the EBT cards are used as currency to purchase food items in local stores, as if it was cash; and

 

     WHEREAS, the funding for the monies on the EBT cards come from the federal government; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the  Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2013, that the Department of Human Services is requested to inscribe "E Pluribus Unum" or "Liberty; In God We Trust" on its Electronic Benefit Transfer cards issued to recipients of financial assistance; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Human Services.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Electronic Benefit Transfer Cards; E Pluribus Unum