STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2430

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 3102

       S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Government Operations and Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 3102 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to develop, and any state agency to enter into, and implement inter-agency agreements without entering into a memorandum of agreement

or memorandum of understanding.

     Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism and one individual.

     Your Committees find that duplicate agency programs result in an ineffective use of resources.  Inter-agency agreements provide agencies with an opportunity to coordinate resources and eliminate unnecessary duplication without having to enter into a memorandum of agreement or memorandum of understanding.  Implementation of this measure will streamline and expedite agreements between state agencies.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

     (1)  Inserting a purpose section to reflect its purpose;

     (2)  Requiring, rather than authorizing, the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to develop, and any state agency to enter into, and implement inter-agency agreements without entering into a memorandum of agreement or memorandum of understanding;

     (3)  Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Government Operations and Judiciary and Labor that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3102, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3102, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Government Operations and Judiciary and Labor,

________________________________ GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Chair

________________________________ DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair