STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2486

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 83

       S.D. 1

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. 83 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO APPROPRIATIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this short form bill is to amend the law relating to appropriations.

     Prior to the hearing on this measure, a proposed S.D. 1 was prepared and made available for public review.  Your Committee has adopted the proposed S.D. 1, which amends this measure by:

(1)  Appropriating funds from the tourism special fund for the 2016-2017 fiscal year for the payment of travel expenses and travel subsidies incurred by the University of Hawaii Intercollegiate Athletic Program; and

(2)  Requiring the Governor to determine whether similar funding should continue.

     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. 83, as amended herein, and recommends that it be recommitted to your Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 83, S.D. 1, for further consideration.

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

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair