Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 543 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for the Office of the Auditor (Auditor), Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB), Office of the Ombudsman (Ombudsman), State Ethics Commission (Ethics Commission), current session and non-session expenses of the Legislature, Legislative Information System, and Legislative Broadcast System.

The Ombudsman, Auditor, LRB, and Ethics Commission testified in support of this bill.

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. 543 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.