STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1082

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.C.R. No. 200

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Government Operations, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 200 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND FINANCE, AND OFFICE OF ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES TO IDENTIFY AND ELIMINATE GAPS IN THE TRACKING OF STUDIES, FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR STUDIES, AND SUBMISSION STATUS OF REPORTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to request that the Legislative Reference Bureau, Department of Budget and Finance, and Office of Enterprise Technology Services identify and eliminate gaps in the tracking of studies, funds appropriated for studies, and submission status of reports, and submit a joint report of their findings, actions already undertaken, and recommendations to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2022.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Enterprise Technology Services. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Legislative Research Bureau.

Your Committee finds that pursuant to section 13G-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB) tracks the submission of every report that a government agency is required to submit to the Legislature. According to testimony of the LRB received by your Committee, the broad request to identify and eliminate gaps in the tracking of studies, funds appropriated for studies, and submission status of reports to the Legislature, in addition to the LRB's current duties and responsibilities, would require additional funding and personnel.

Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Focusing the scope of the resolution to request that the LRB identify the necessary steps and estimated costs of developing an automated system to track studies, funds appropriated for studies, and submission status of reports to the Legislature;

(2) Amending its title in accordance with its amended purpose; and

(3) Making 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 concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 200, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 200, S.D. 1.

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

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SHARON MORIWAKI, Chair