STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1589

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   S.B. No. 941

      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 S.B. No. 941 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify that Automated Clearing House transactions that debit the State's bank account may be considered electronic funds transfers if authorized by the Director of Finance.

The Department of Budget and Finance supported this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate further discussion; 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 S.B. No. 941, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 941, 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