STAND. COM. REP. NO.  419

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 827

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 827 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE LEGISLATURE, THE AUDITOR, THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU, THE OMBUDSMAN, AND THE ETHICS COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to appropriate funds for the legislative branch of state government.

     The Office of the Auditor testified in support of this bill.  The Legislative Reference Bureau, Office of the Ombudsman, and Hawaii State Ethics Commission provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Appropriating $7,377,244 for the Senate;

     (2)  Appropriating $10,481,787 for the House of Representatives;

     (3)  Authorizing $145 per day for travel allowance while traveling abroad on official business;

     (4)  Appropriating $2,663,849 for the Office of the Auditor for operating expenses;

     (5)  Appropriating $2,550,828 for deposit into the Audit Revolving Fund;

     (6)  Authorizing $6,000,000 from the Audit Revolving Fund to the Office of the Auditor to conduct or complete its audit functions;

     (7)  Appropriating $3,033,970 to the Legislative Reference Bureau;

     (8)  Appropriating $1,017,875 to the Office of the Ombudsman;

     (9)  Appropriating $849,531 to the Office of the State Ethics Commission; and

     (10) Appropriating $87,500 each to the Senate and House of Representatives for the production and distribution of television broadcasts of legislative proceedings.

     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 H.B. No. 827, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 827, 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