STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1284

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 141

       H.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 141, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to repeal and abolish various non-general funds administered by the Office of the Governor, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, or Department of Education.

     Your Committee finds that in Auditor's Reports Nos.  16-09, 16-10, and 16-11, the Auditor recommended that certain non-general funds be repealed and abolished and that any remaining funds be transferred to the general fund or other funds or accounts.  Your Committee further finds that repealing and abolishing these accounts will help to eliminate the number of inactive funds or funds that do not meet the criteria for which they were established.

     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 H.B. No. 141, H.D. 1, 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