STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3420
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: H.B. No. 1911
H.D. 2
S.D. 2
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2024
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1911, 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 funds for the operating and capital improvement program costs of the Judiciary for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2025.
Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Judiciary, Hawaii State Bar Association, and one individual.
Your Committee finds
that the appropriations made by this measure will assist the Judiciary in its
efforts to fulfill its constitutional, statutory, and public service duties for
the remainder of the 2023‑2025 fiscal biennium.
OPERATING BUDGET
The Judiciary requested
the following funds for fiscal biennium 2023-2025 operating expenses:
|
Judiciary |
FY 2024 |
FY 2025 |
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General
Funds |
$185,148,711 |
$192,254,156 |
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All Means of Financing |
$197,865,224 |
$205,099,909 |
Your Committee has amended this budget to appropriate
the following funds for operating expenses:
|
Senate |
FY
2024 |
FY 2025 |
|
General Funds |
$185,148,711 |
$192,140,976 |
|
All Means of Financing |
$197,865,224 |
$204,918,173 |
CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT BUDGET
The Judiciary requested
the following funds for fiscal biennium 2023-2025 capital improvement project
expenses:
|
Judiciary |
FY
2024 |
FY 2025 |
|
General Funds |
$3,000,000 |
$3,000,000 |
|
General Obligation Bond Funds |
$17,995,000 |
$14,000,000 |
|
All Means of Financing |
$20,995,000 |
$17,000,000 |
Your Committee has
amended this budget to appropriate the following funds for capital improvement
project expenses:
|
Senate |
FY
2024 |
FY 2025 |
|
General Funds |
$3,000,000 |
$3,000,000 |
|
General Obligation Bond Funds |
$17,995,000 |
$14,000,000 |
|
All Means of Financing |
$20,995,000 |
$17,000,000 |
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. 1911, 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. 1911, 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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