STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1163-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   S.B. No. 2257

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2257, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRONIC WARRANT VOUCHERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve operational efficiency in government using technological advances by enabling the Department of Accounting and General Services, University of Hawaii, and Department of Education (DOE) to accept electronically-mailed warrant vouchers, bills of materials, and other supporting documents as original documents.

     DOE and the High Technology Development Corporation testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020; and

     (2)  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 S.B. No. 2257, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2257, S.D. 2, H.D. 1.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair