STAND. COM. REP. NO. 883

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 775

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Transportation and International Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 775 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE PHOTO ENFORCEMENT REVOLVING FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to assist the State in addressing its budgetary needs by transferring all monies contained in the Photo Enforcement Revolving Fund to the General Fund.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Government Employees Association.

     Act 240, Session Laws of Hawaii 2000, established the Photo Enforcement Revolving Fund, which was repealed by Act 58, Session Laws of Hawaii 2002, along with the Photo Red Light Imaging and Photo Speed Detection System enacted by Act 234, Session Laws of Hawaii 1998.  Act 58 also required that all monies in the Photo Enforcement Revolving Fund be transferred to the General Fund.  However, records appear to indicate that a balance of $3,480,000 remains in the Revolving Fund.  Your Committee finds that given the State's current fiscal situation, restating the directive that the unused funds be transferred to the General Fund is prudent.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation and International Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 775, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Transportation and International Affairs,

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J. KALANI ENGLISH, Chair