CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 6-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 2743

H.D. 2

S.D. 1

C.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2743, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Transfer various excess balances contained in various non-general funds to the general fund for fiscal year 2004-2005;

(2) Lower the balance ceiling, from $300,000 to $150,000, for moneys in the Environmental Health Education Fund that triggers an automatic transfer to the general fund at the end of each fiscal year; and

(3) Repeal the authority of the Governor, or Director of Finance (Director) if so delegated by the Governor, to transfer the excess balances of certain special funds to the general fund at any time.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the amounts of funding the Director is authorized to transfer to the general fund on July 1, 2004, as follows:

(A) From $600,000 to $800,000 from the Animal Quarantine Special Fund;

(B) From $900,000 to $1,000,000 from the State Motor Pool Revolving Fund;

(C) From $296,000 to $300,000 from the State Identification Revolving Fund;

(D) From $250,000 to $400,000 from the Foreign-Trade Zones Special Fund;

(E) From $3,000,000 to $10,000,000 from the Hawaii Community Development Revolving Fund; and

(F) From $17,000,000 to $11,000,000 from the State Highway Fund, with another $1,500,000 authorized to be transferred on June 29, 2005;

(2) Changing the amount of funding the Director is authorized to transfer from the Special Land and Development Fund to the general fund on July 1, 2004, to $1,500,000, and authorizing the transfer of another $1,500,000 on January 1, 2005;

(3) Deleting language authorizing the Director, for fiscal year 2004-2005, to transfer funds from the:

(A) State Parking Revolving Fund;

(B) Tobacco Enforcement Special Fund;

(C) Convention Center Enterprise Special Fund;

(D) Hawaii Capital Loan Revolving Fund;

(E) Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation Revolving Fund;

(F) Compliance Resolution Fund;

(G) State Health Planning and Development Special Fund;

(H) Driver Education and Training Fund;

(I) Probation Services Special Fund;

(J) Natural Area Reserve Fund; and

(K) Public Utilities Commission Special Fund;

(4) Authorizing the transfer of excess balances contained in the following non-general funds to the general fund for fiscal year 2004-2005 on July 1, 2004:

(A) $900,000 from the Agricultural Loan Reserve Fund;

(B) $500,000 from the Medicaid Investigations Recovery Fund;

(C) $200,000 from the research subaccount of the Tourism Special Fund;

(D) $150,000 from the Human Resources Development Special Fund;

(E) $500,000 from the Environmental Response Revolving Fund; and

(F) $2,000,000 from the Environmental Management Special Fund;

(5) Lowering the balance ceiling, from $1,000,000 to $500,000, for moneys in the Tobacco Enforcement Special Fund that triggers an automatic transfer to the general fund at the end of each fiscal year;

(6) Providing for the automatic transfer of funds in excess of $500,000 from the State Parking Revolving Fund to the general fund at the end of each fiscal year;

(7) Deleting language lowering the balance ceiling, from $300,000 to $150,000, for moneys in the Environmental Health Education Fund that triggers an automatic transfer to the general fund at the end of each fiscal year;

(8) Deleting language that repealed the authority of the Governor, or Director if so delegated by the Governor, to transfer the excess balances of certain special funds to the general fund at any time;

(9) Changing the effective date to June 30, 2004; and

(10) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2743, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2743, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair