THE TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2014
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Senator David Y. Ige, Chair |
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Senator Michelle N. Kidani, Vice Chair |
AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014 |
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9:00 a.m. |
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Conference Room 211 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A M E N D E D A G E N D A
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY. Requires the department of taxation to provide an annual report on tax expenditures to the legislature on or before September 15th of each odd-numbered year. Requires legislation establishing new tax expenditures to include certain specified provisions.
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RELATING TO STATE FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION. Requires that the state financial plan and budget be developed under the assumption that no funds have been authorized and that each expenditure be justified. Applies to the 2015-2017 fiscal biennium and thereafter.
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RELATING TO THE COUNCIL ON REVENUES. Establishes an interdepartmental research task force to assist the council on revenues in preparing revenue forecasts for state government. Makes an appropriation to department of taxation to prepare tax data for use in the development of various economic models. Makes an appropriation to the department of business, economic development, and tourism to assist the council on revenues with the development of various economic models.
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RELATING TO UNCLAIMED PROPERTY. Provides for escheat of unclaimed cash in certain amounts for certain periods of time that were deposited into the unclaimed property trust fund.
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RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. Requires DAGS to report the operational costs of capital improvement projects to the governor. Requires all agencies submitting a capital improvement project proposal to furnish DAGS with an estimate and documents that support the estimate of operational costs.
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RELATING TO SUBSIDIES. Deletes references to "subsidy" in the chapters establishing standards and criteria for the award of grants to private organizations and individuals. Makes conforming deletions.
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RELATING TO THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE CEILING. Recalibrates the general fund expenditure ceiling from the fiscal year 2015-2016. Requires the recalibration to be based on the previous fiscal year's general fund appropriation, rather than general fund expenditure ceiling.
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RELATING TO BUDGETING. Requires "position ceilings" to be included in the executive budget. Requires a "position ceiling" to separately identify the maximum number of permanent and temporary positions authorized in the executive budget. States intent that the provisions also apply to the judiciary budget by operation of existing law. Deletes statutory authority for certain departments to create positions in excess of the position ceiling.
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Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
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_____________________________________ Senator David Y. Ige Chair |
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