STAND. COM. REP. NO.  833

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1354

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1354 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE ALLOWANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to specify that the per diem legislative allowance for legislators, who reside on an island other than Oahu, shall be equal to the federal Department of Defense flat rate per diem amount for the island of Oahu for temporary duty assignments of 31 to 180 days.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Amending the daily allowance to cover incidental expenses incurred by legislators conducting official business during certain recess and interim periods while on the island of the legislator's legal residence to an amount equal to the federal Department of Defense flat rate per diem amount for the island of Oahu for temporary duty assignments of 31 to 180 days; 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. 1354, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1354, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair