STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2001

                                    Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

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




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President, The Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B.
No. 2150, H.D. 1, 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 and its legislative support agencies
that include the auditor, the ombudsman, and the legislative
reference bureau.

     The bill provides funds for the current regular session of
2000 and funds for legislative agency expenses for fiscal year
2000-2001.

     Your Committee concurs with the "no growth" legislative
budget policy recommended by the House Committee on Finance and
believes that the attached budget can adequately finance the
expenses of the legislature.

     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 H.B. No.
2150, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be
placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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