STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2503
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 2550
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2016
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2550 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FEDERAL FUNDS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Office of the Governor to conduct a study of federal funding of state government programs and projects.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of the Governor and the Department of Budget and Finance.
Your Committee finds that many state government programs and projects receive federal funding. Given the federal budget deficit, your Committee believes that the State should take a cautious approach to budgeting by identifying the dependence of state programs and projects on federal funds and then recommending a policy on the use of federal funds for state programs and projects, especially from non-recurring federal awards.
Your Committee acknowledges the testimony of the Office of the Governor and Department of Budget and Finance that the appropriation in this measure may not be sufficient to perform the study. Thus, your Committee requests that the Office of the Governor set forth its concerns regarding the scope of and funds for the study in the interim report due before the convening of the 2017 Regular Session. By then, your Committee believes that the Office of the Governor will have a clearer picture of the situation.
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. 2550 and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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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________________________________ JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair |
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