STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2360

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2086

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 2086 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Comptroller to include a list of all accounts closed by the Comptroller during the preceding year in its annual report to the Governor and the Legislature.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services. The testimony informed your Committee that it works closely with the Office of Enterprise Technology Services to purge accounts that meet criteria codified by the Office of Enterprise Technology Services.

Your Committee finds that although the Department of Accounting and General Services reports on closed accounts, oral testimony and ensuing discussion revealed that departments do not always submit reports about accounts that are not closed but are inactive and serving lapsed funds.

Your Committee has amended this measure by clarifying the requirement that the Comptroller of the Department of Accounting and General Services submit a report on closed accounts and accounts that still exist but are under the control of lapsed programs and initiatives. Your Committee has also made technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2086, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2086, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Government Operations,

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LAURA H. THIELEN, Chair