STAND. COM. REP. NO.  871-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2247

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2247 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GOVERNMENTAL TRAVEL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the State and the counties to pay approved travel costs incurred by their respective officers and employees for official state or county business directly to either:

(1)  The vendor providing the goods or services; or

(2)  The officer or employee by cash advance prior to the date of purchase,

unless otherwise provided by collective bargaining agreement.

The Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO and numerous individuals testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate 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 H.B. No. 2247, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2247, H.D. 1.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair