STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2782

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 1242
                                        S.D. 1




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

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B.
No. 1242 entitled:

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds to
implement the legislative analyst law.

     The bill also transfers to the analyst the responsibility of
overseeing new special and revolving funds presently done by the
Auditor, and provides an appropriation for the Office of the
Auditor.

     Your Committee finds that the Legislature is heavily
dependent on volunteer services from the executive branch to
support the work of its money committees.  Hawaii is the only
state in the nation that utilizes staff on temporary loan from
executive agencies to provide this type of work.  Other states
have established nonpartisan professional fiscal analysis offices
in the legislative branch to analyze the economic impact of
existing and proposed programs.  The lack of this kind of support
puts the Legislature at a disadvantage in providing appropriate
legislative oversight.

     Your Committee has amended the bill by:


 
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     (1)  Including trust fund and trust accounts in the type of
          funds to be analyzed by the Legislative Analyst;

     (2)  Providing for an earlier deadline for the Legislative
          Analyst to report on new funds and accounts;

     (3)  Deleting the requirement that the Legislative Analyst
          review and make recommendations on the operation of
          state programs;

     (4)  Adding criteria to those the Legislative Analyst is to
          consider;

     (5)  Deleting the appropriation to the Auditor for the fiber
          optic cable system and substituting a blank
          appropriation for studies;

     (6)  Deleting the appropriation for the Legislative Analyst;

     (7)  Making an appropriation for Council of State Government
          dues; and

     (8)  Changing the appropriations and effective date to
          July 1, 2000.

     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.
1242, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1242, S.D. 1, and
be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

                                 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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