STAND. COM. REP. 717
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: H.B. No. 1152
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1152 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE FUNDS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Repeal certain state funds that do not meet the criteria for continuation; and
(2) Transfer excess balances from special and revolving funds to the general fund of the State.
The Department of Budget and Finance supported this bill. The Domestic Violence Clearinghouse and Legal Hotline, Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and Subcontractors Association of Hawaii opposed the measure. The Judiciary and Tax Foundation of Hawaii submitted comments.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Not repealing the Statewide Planning and Geographic Information System Special Fund (Special Fund);
(2) Transferring from the Special Fund to the general fund of the State the sum of $7,692 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2003-2004;
(3) Correcting amounts to be transferred from various funds to the credit of the General Fund.
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. 1152, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1152, 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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