STAND. COM. REP. NO.5
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: H.B. No. 1
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. 1 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE LEGISLATURE, THE LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR, THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU, AND THE OMBUDSMAN,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to authorize funds for the expenses of the Legislature and the legislative support agencies.
Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the Office of the Auditor, the Legislative Reference Bureau, the State Ethics Commission, the Office of the Ombudsman, and a state senator who is currently serving as chair of the Council of State Governments-West (CSG-West).
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Inserting the appropriation amounts for the Legislature and the legislative agencies; and
(2) At the request of the current chair of CSG-West, appropriating an additional $50,000 to the Legislative Reference Bureau for the purpose of partially funding the CSG-West 2003 annual meeting in Hawaii.
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. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1, 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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