Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2821 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to streamline state government operations by abolishing the position of deputy or assistant to the head of any department of the State, except the University of Hawaii and the Department of Education.

Government Efficiency Teams, Inc. testified in support of this measure.

The Department of Budget and Finance, Department of Accounting and General Services, Department of Human Resources Development, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Department of Human Services, Department of Agriculture, and the Hawaii State Ethics Commission submitted comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(2) Amending the effective date to December 31, 2002; and

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. 2821, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2821, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.