STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3935
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: H.B. No. 1536
H.D. 2
S.D. 2
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2022
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1536, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The
purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate supplemental funds for the Judiciary for the 2021-2023
fiscal biennium.
Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Judiciary, Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii, Hawaii State Bar Association, Hawaii County Bar Association, and Hawaii Access to Justice Commission.
Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.
Your Committee recognizes that the Judiciary's budget was reduced in the two previous fiscal years. Your Committee believes that this supplemental budget, while modest, will serve to assist the Judiciary with its operations and its necessary improvement projects.
OPERATING BUDGET
The Judiciary requested
a supplemental operating budget that totaled:
|
JUDICIARY |
FY 2022 |
FY 2023 |
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General Funds |
$164,891,486 |
$165,852,798 |
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All Means of Financing |
$177,900,433 |
$178,353,682 |
Your Committee has amended this budget to
appropriate the following in funds for operating expenses:
|
SENATE |
FY 2022 |
FY 2023 |
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General Funds |
$164,891,486 |
$171,952,798 |
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All Means of Financing |
$177,900,433 |
$184,453,682 |
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
PROGRAM BUDGET
The Judiciary requested
a supplemental capital improvement budget that totaled:
|
JUDICIARY |
FY 2022 |
FY 2023 |
|
General Obligation Bonds |
$5,886,000 |
$14,334,000 |
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All Means of Financing |
$11,106,000 |
$14,334,000 |
Your Committee has amended this budget to
appropriate the following in capital improvement funds:
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SENATE |
FY 2022 |
FY 2023 |
|
General Obligation Bonds |
$5,886,000 |
$14,529,000 |
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All Means of Financing |
$5,886,000 |
$14,529,000 |
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 H.B. No. 1536, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1536, H.D. 2, S.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,
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________________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair |
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