STAND. COM. REP. NO.  691

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 697

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 697 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT COST ITEMS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate unspecified amounts to fund Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund costs and other cost adjustments for officers and employees of specified Legislative agencies.

The Office of the Auditor and Office of the Ombudsman supported this measure.

     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. 697 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair