STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1750-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: S.B. No. 2516

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

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 S.B. No. 2516, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Clarify that centralized computer information management and processing services shall be provided through the Chief Information Officer; and

(2) Specify that the Chief Information Officer shall be appointed by and have a salary established by the Governor and report to the Comptroller.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services and Office of Enterprise Technology Services. Your Committee received comments on this measure from Transform Hawaiʻi Government.

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 S.B. No. 2516, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, 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