STAND. COM. REP. NO. 537

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 1427

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 Legislative Management, to which was referred H.B. No. 1427 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide funding for the operations of the Department of Budget and Finance for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2021.

The Department of Budget and Finance testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Making the appropriations unspecified amounts;

(2) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2022, to facilitate further discussion; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1427, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1427, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Legislative Management,

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TY J.K. CULLEN, Chair