STAND. COM. REP. NO. 701

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 1124

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1124 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to facilitate expenditures from the dietitian licensure special fund to support administration of the licensure program.

More specifically, this measure:

(1)  Establishes an expenditure ceiling for the special fund;

(2)  Requires the transfer of funds in excess of the ceiling to the general fund; and

(3)  Requires the Department of Health to submit annual reports on the special fund.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from Hawaii Dietetic Association.  Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Health.

     Your Committee finds that establishing an expenditure limit for the special fund facilitates the prudent fiscal management of the moneys in the dietician licensure program.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing the expenditure ceiling to an unspecified amount; and

(2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, in order to facilitate continued discussion on the measure.

     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 S.B. No. 1124, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1124, S.D. 1.

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

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair