STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2743

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2150

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2150, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate supplemental funds for the operating and capital improvement costs of the Judiciary for the fiscal biennium 2017-2019.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Judiciary, Hawaii State Bar Association, West Hawaii Bar Association, Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, and two individuals.

OPERATING BUDGET

Your Committee notes that the Judiciary requested an increase of $1,567,469 for fiscal year 2018-2019 in general funds. Your Committee has approved an increase of $1,310,118 for fiscal year 2018-2019 in general funds for the Judiciary's operating budget.

With the adjustments contained in this measure, the total general fund appropriation for the Judiciary is $164,408,585 for fiscal year 2018-2019.

CAPITAL BUDGET

Your Committee finds that the Kauai Judiciary Complex is in need of roof work. Your Committee therefore approves $1,100,000 in fiscal year 2018-2019 in general obligation bond funds to reroof and repair leaks at the Kauai Judiciary Complex, Kauai.

Your Committee also provides $1,500,000 in fiscal year 2018-2019 in general obligation bond funds for alterations, upgrades, and improvements to judiciary facilities, statewide.

Your Committee appropriates $1,933,000 in fiscal year 2018-2019 in general obligation bond funds to provide furnishings and equipment for the Kona Judiciary Complex, Hawaii.

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. 2150, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2150, S.D. 2.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair