STAND. COM. REP. NO. 749-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 2489

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2489 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TAX ADMINISTRATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to exempt senior software developers in the Department of Taxation from civil service.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Taxation.

Your Committee finds that the Department of Taxation requires the services of high-level software developers to implement complex system changes. This measure will allow the Department to recruit and hire developers to perform complex system changes, thereby lessening its reliance on contracted services.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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. 2489, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2489, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair