STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1513

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   S.B. No. 1124

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

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 S.B. No. 1124, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DIETITIAN LICENSURE SPECIAL FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to facilitate expenditures from the Dietitian Licensure Special Fund to support the activities and costs associated with administering the Dietitian Licensure Program by:

     (1)  Establishing an expenditure ceiling for the Dietitian Licensure Special Fund;

     (2)  Requiring the transfer of funds in excess of the expenditure ceiling to the general fund at the end of each fiscal year; and

     (3)  Requiring the Department of Health to submit a report to the Legislature on the status of the Dietitian Licensure Special Fund no later than 20 days prior to the convening of each regular session.  

The Department of Health and Hawai‘i Dietetic Association testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; 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. 1124, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1124, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair