STAND

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 89-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 2259

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred H.B. No. 2259 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to take steps to activate the dormant Office of the Legislative Analyst (Office) by:

(1) Expanding the purposes of the Office to include:

(A) Monitoring the receipt and expenditures of federal funds received by the State; and

(B) Reviewing and making recommendations to the Legislature regarding the administration and efficacy of the expenditures;

and

(2) Appropriating funds to the Office specifically for the purposes described above.

Your Committee notes that Hawaii is one of the few states that does not have a separate and independent fiscal policy office to provide the Legislature with revenue and expenditure data and analysis. While the Office has been established for many years, it has been left without funding. Your Committee finds that this measure is a good first step toward restoring the functions of the Office.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2259 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Legislative Management,

		____________________________ MICHAEL Y. MAGAOAY, Chair