STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2537

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 2281

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2281 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to make an emergency appropriation to the Office of the Governor to fund:

(1)  Dues to the National Governor's Association;

(2)  Vacation payouts for staff who are no longer employed by the Office of the Governor; and

(3)  Expenses incurred as a result of the Governor's participation in the Presidential Climate Change Taskforce.

     The Office of the Governor submitted testimony in support of this measure.  One individual submitted testimony in opposition to this measure.

     Your Committee finds that, pursuant to the requirements set forth in Article VII, section 9, of the Hawaii State Constitution, the Governor requested immediate consideration and passage of this measure.  Your Committee also finds these funds are necessary for the effective and efficient operations of the Office of the Governor.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the appropriation amount to an unspecified sum to facilitate further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2281, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2281, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair