STAND. COM. REP. NO.  199

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 1364

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred H.B. No. 1364 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE BUDGET,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to require the Governor or the Director of Finance to report each restriction of expenditure to the Legislature no later than 30 days after the end of each quarterly allotment period.  Failure to submit a report on any restriction will result in the immediate release of the restricted funds.

     The Governor's Office and the Department of Budget and Finance opposed this bill.

     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. 1364 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,

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JAMES KUNANE TOKIOKA, Chair