STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1198

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 1113

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1113, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DRUG AND ALCOHOL TOXICOLOGY TESTING LABORATORY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Authorize the expenditure of State Highway Fund monies to maintain the Drug and Alcohol Toxicology Testing Laboratory;

(2) Rename the State Drug and Alcohol Toxicology Testing Laboratory Special Fund, delay the sunset date of the Special Fund, and authorize monies in the Special Fund to be administered and expended by the Department of Transportation or appropriated as a grant-in-aid to the City and County of Honolulu Emergency Services Department to support the Laboratory; and

(3) Appropriate funds for the establishment and maintenance of the Laboratory.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Transportation, Hawai‘i Police Department, and one individual.

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. 1113, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair