STAND. COM. REP. NO. 150

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: H.B. No. 517

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred H.B. No. 517 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE AUDITOR,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify that, absent any other law to the contrary, the State Auditor may examine all accounts and records of any other state department, agency, or division.

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

Your Committee finds that clarifying the traditional powers of the Auditor will assist the Office of the Auditor in conducting examinations of State departments, offices, and agencies.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2114, to encourage further discussion.

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. 517, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 517, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs.

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

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DALE T. KOBAYASHI, Chair