Bill Text: HI HB20 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: Lifeguards; Appropriation; Kua Bay; Kekaha Kai State Park; Island of Hawaii ($)

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-03-07 - Referred to WTL/PSM, WAM. [HB20 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2013-HB20-Amended.html

 

 

STAND. COM. REP. NO.  865

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 20

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 20 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR STATE LIFEGUARDS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to protect public health and safety and allow the public to enjoy the natural beauty of Hawaii by appropriating funds for the employment of lifeguards, including salaries and benefits, at Kua Bay, Kekaha Kai State Park on the Island of Hawaii.  

 

     The Department of Land and Natural Resources and Division of State Parks commented on this bill. 

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the appropriation amount for salaries, benefits, equipment, and other related expenses for the employment of lifeguards by the Department of Land and Natural Resources on the Island of Hawaii from $200,000 to an unspecified amount;

 

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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 H.B. No. 20, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 20, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

____________________________

SYLVIA LUKE, Chair

 

 

 

 

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