STAND. COM. REP. NO.  976

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 14

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 14 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to repeal the transfer of functions from the Department of Budget and Finance (B&F) to the Department of Education (DOE) as specified in Act 51, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004, as amended, as the two departments have improved the fiscal processes between them.

     DOE, B&F, and the Hawaii Government Employees Association testified in support of this bill. 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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 H.B. No. 14, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 14, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair