STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2010-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.C.R. No. 158

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 158 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR AND LEGISLATURE TO CONVENE A JOINT TASK FORCE TO IDENTIFY AND EXAMINE POTENTIAL SOURCES OF INCREASED REVENUE AND MEASURES TO REDUCE STATE COSTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request:

(1) The Governor and the Legislature to convene a joint task force to identify ways to:

(A) Collect uncollected revenues;

(B) Generate revenue by enacting tax measures that have minimal impact on families with low- and moderate-incomes; and

(C) Reduce costs by re-describing positions and eliminating unnecessary vacancies in various state departments and agencies; and

(2) The Governor to share the Governor's six-year financial plan with the Legislature no later than 20 days prior to the convening of each regular session.

The Department of Taxation provided comments on this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 158 and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair