Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 429, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to make an appropriation to the City and County of Honolulu for expenses of the 2005 National Association of Counties Annual Conference and Exposition in Honolulu.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii State Association of Counties, one Kauai County Council member, and five Maui County Council members.

Your Committee is concerned with the apparent lack of a detailed budget and description of expenses by the City and County of Honolulu. Your Committee questions the enormous expense of about $1 million for bus transportation and dinner for the participants. Your Committee notes that the waiving of event fees would still diminish revenue. This is taxpayer money and spending that money should be done wisely and prudently. Your Committee passes this measure to the Committee on Ways and Means to decide on the amount of the appropriation and the appropriateness of the proposed expenditures. Your Committee urges the City and County of Honolulu to submit a detailed budget expenditure report to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Your Committee has amended this measure by deleting the appropriation amount.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 429, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 429, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.