STAND. COM. REP. NO.683

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: H.B. No. 1400

 

 

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. 1400 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE BONDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Authorize the issuance of general obligations bonds; and

(2) Declare that the total amount of principal and interest estimated and calculated for all bonds issued and outstanding will not cause the State's debt limit to be exceeded at the time of issuance.

This bill is intended to meet the requirements of article VII, section 13, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii, which specifies that the Legislature must include a declaration of findings that the debt limit will not be exceeded by legislatively authorized general obligation issuances.

The Department of Budget and Finance testified 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. 1400 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair