Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 101 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify the law with respect to modifying the state budget.

Specifically, the bill makes a technical amendment to the budgetary provision concerning the director of finance's authority to modify or amend a previous allotment.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 101 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.