STAND. COM. REP. NO.656
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 1138
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1138 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SUBMISSION OF REPORTS TO THE LEGISLATURE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to require the establishment of a system for tracking and monitoring the annual reports submitted to the Legislature by various agencies. More specifically, this bill:
(1) Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB) to establish a system to track and monitor reports to the Legislature mandated by law or requested through legislative resolutions;
(2) Requires LRB to coordinate and oversee the distribution of summaries or highlights of reports to all legislators;
(3) Allows LRB to develop formats and guidelines for the publication of reports to facilitate tracking and monitoring system; and
(4) Establishes requirements for submission of reports and summaries including posting reports on agencies' websites and submission of summaries and highlights to LRB for distribution.
LRB submitted testimony in support of this bill.
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. 1138 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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