STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 260
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2019
RE: H.B. No. 1360
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirtieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2019
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1360 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FISCAL BIENNIUM 2019-2021 BUDGET REQUESTS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The
purpose of this measure is to authorize the expenditure of
additional amounts for the operating budget of certain Department of Commerce
and Consumer Affairs programs for fiscal year (FY) 2019-2020 and FY
2020-2021. Specifically, this measure
authorizes the Department to expend the additional amounts as follows:
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Program ID |
Program |
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2020 |
FY
2021 |
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CCA103 |
Consumer Advocate for
Communication, Utilities, and Transportation Services |
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Additional
Positions: |
5.00* |
5.00* |
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Operating
for the Positions: |
$292,000B |
$292,000B |
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CCA107 |
Post-Secondary Education
Authorization |
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Fringe Benefit Adjustments: |
$1,988B |
$1,988B |
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CCA110 |
Office of Consumer Protection |
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Central
Services Assessments: |
$50,000B |
$50,000B |
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CCA111 |
Business Registration and
Securities Regulation |
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Convert
an Office Assistant III Position to a Securities Staff Attorney Position: |
$83,368B |
$83,368B |
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Fringe
Benefit Adjustments: |
$65,229B |
$65,229B |
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Conversion
of Eight Temporary Positions to Permanent Positions |
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CCA112 |
Regulated Industries Complaints
Office |
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Case
Management System: |
$350,000B |
$50,000B |
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Fringe
Benefit Adjustments: |
$14,098B |
$14,098B |
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CCA191 |
General Support |
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Software
to Assist with Integrating and Tracking Data with New Systems: |
$100,000B |
$25,000B |
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Fringe
Benefit Adjustments: |
$10,605B |
$10,605B |
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Conversion
of Five Temporary Positions to Permanent Positions |
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CC901 |
Public Utilities Commission |
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Document
Management System: |
$500,000B |
$2,060,000B |
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Additional
Positions: |
2.00* |
2.00* |
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Operating
for the Positions: |
$200,240B |
$195,840B |
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Information
Technology Equipment Replacement Costs: |
$33,000B |
$33,000B |
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Fringe
Benefit Adjustments: |
$899,698B |
$899,698B |
The abbreviations and letter symbols have the following meanings:
* Permanent full-time equivalent
# Temporary full-time equivalent
B Special Funds
T Trust Funds
Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the program appropriations for the PUC (CCA901) to the following sums:
Fiscal Year 2020 Fiscal Year 2021
$1,924,938 $3,805,538
These amended sums are for the following:
(1) An addition of $33,000 for fiscal year 2021 to replace the increased amount of information technology equipment approaching the end of its lifecycle; and
(2) An addition of $292,000 for FY 2020 and $584,000 for FY 2021 to be expended by the PUC for the Division of Consumer Advocacy as provided by section 269-33, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to fund the five new positions within the Division.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1360, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1360, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,
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____________________________ ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair |
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