STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 638

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 638 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE LEGISLATURE, THE AUDITOR, THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU, AND THE OMBUDSMAN,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to provide for the expenses of the Legislature and its service agencies.

     More specifically, this measure provides for the expenses of the Legislature, the Office of the Auditor, the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Office of the Ombudsman, the State Ethics Commission, the Legislative Information System, and the Legislative Broadcast System.

     Your Committee has amended the bill by replacing the word "or" with the word "for" on page 3, line 10.

     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. 638, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 638, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair