STAND. COM. REP. NO. 837

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 795

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 795 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND FINANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for various operating expenses of the Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committee finds that this measure includes additional funding requests from the Department of Budget and Finance for fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2021.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting a provision to fund two deputy public defender II positions;

(2) Clarifying that an appropriation to the Employees' Retirement System for a new benefits administration system also authorizes three temporary positions;

(3) Clarifying that an appropriation to establish one new position for the Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund also includes funds for the program;

(4) Providing that an appropriation for the Employees' Retirement System shall be used for an actuarial experience study and legal costs; and

(5) Making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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. 795, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 795, S.D. 1, 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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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair