STAND. COM. REP. NO.1245
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: S.B. No. 1042
H.D. 1
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 S.B. No. 1042 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REORGANIZATION OF STATE GOVERNMENT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to improve the policies and procedures relating to the budgeting and expending of public funds by:
(1) Consolidating the budget and finance functions performed by the Department of Budget and Finance (B&F) and the accounting functions performed by the Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS); and
(2) Renaming DAGS as the Department of General Services.
DAGS testified in support of this measure. B&F supported this measure with suggested amendments.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Making additional statutory amendments to transfer the accounting function to B&F;
(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2002; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.
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 S.B. No. 1042, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1042, H.D. 1, 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 |
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