STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2031

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2115

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committees on Education and Housing and Higher Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 2115 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PREAUDITS FOR PROPOSED PAYMENTS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to allow the Department of Education to preaudit sample populations for proposed payments of less than $10,000, while still requiring the Department of Education to preaudit proposed payments of $10,000 or more, and to extend the date until which the University of Hawaii and the Department of Education have autonomy over accounting systems and other purchasing responsibilities and duties.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by one state agency.  Written testimony presented to the Committees may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Housing and Higher Education that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2115 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Housing and Higher Education,

____________________________ JILL TOKUDA, Chair

____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair