STAND. COM. REP. NO. 959-20

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2020

RE: H.B. No. 2661

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2661 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE LEGISLATURE, THE AUDITOR, THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU, THE OMBUDSMAN, AND THE ETHICS COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to provide for the expenses of the Legislature, Auditor, Legislative Reference Bureau, Ombudsman, and Ethics Commission.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of the Auditor and one individual.

Prior to decision making on this measure, your Committee made available for public review a proposed H.D. 1, which amends this measure by inserting various appropriation amounts for the expenses of the various offices of the legislative branch.

Your Committee received testimony in support of the proposed H.D. 1 from the Legislative Reference Bureau, Office of the Ombudsman, and Hawaii State Ethics Commission.

Your Committee finds that this measure appropriates sufficient funds to defray the necessary expenses of the Senate and House of Representatives up to June 30, 2021, including session and nonsession expenses, the legislative information system cost items, the cost of the legislative broadcasting program, and certain employee vacation payments. Your Committee further finds that this measure also appropriates sufficient funds to defray the necessary expenses of the Office of the Auditor, Legislative Reference Bureau, Office of the Ombudsman, and Hawaii State Ethics Commission for fiscal year 2020-2021.

Your Committee has amended this measure by adopting the proposed H.D. 1.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2661, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2661, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair