STAND. COM. REP. NO. 152-14
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2014
RE: H.B. No. 1491
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2014
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1491 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE BUDGET,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to ensure greater fiscal transparency by repealing the University of Hawaii's program execution exemptions, thereby requiring:
(1) The University's budget operations plan to be subject to review and modification by the Department of Budget and Finance; and
(2) The University to receive legislative authorization prior to any appropriation transfers or changes between programs or agencies.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Adding provisions to explain the purpose of the measure;
(2) Reinstating provisions that restrict the Department of Budget and Finance's oversight of the University of Hawaii's operations plan to a review only for consistency with specified conditions;
(3) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2525, to encourage further discussion; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1491, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1491, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,
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____________________________ ISAAC W. CHOY, Chair |
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