STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1601

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   S.B. No. 659

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 659 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE FUNDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to increase the transparency of state monetary awards under Hawaii's Full Disclosure of Entities Receiving Monetary Awards law by making the Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS) responsible for collecting and posting information on the State's website regarding those awards, in collaboration with the Department of Budget and Finance (B&F).  This bill also deletes the requirement that information on state awards include the North American Industry Classification System Code.

     The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii and two concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  DAGS testified in opposition to this measure.  B&F provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion.

     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 S.B. No. 659, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 659, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair