STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1-00

                                    Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                    RE: H.B. No. 2150
                                        H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

    Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
2150 entitled: 

    "A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO PROVIDE FOR THE
    EXPENSES OF THE LEGISLATURE, THE LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR, THE
    LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU, AND THE OMBUDSMAN,"

begs leave to report as follows:

    The purpose of this bill is to authorize funds for the
expenses of the Legislature up to and including June 30, 2001,
and to provide funds for the expenses of the legislative support
agencies during the 2000-2001 fiscal year.

    Although there are signs of improvement in the economy, your
Committee recommends that the Legislature lead by example.  Your
Committee has, therefore, recommended a no growth budget in this
bill.

    Your Committee has amended the bill by providing the
appropriation amounts for the Legislature and the legislative
support agencies.

    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.
2150, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2150, H.D. 1, and
be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.


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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair