STAND. COM. REP. NO.  580

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 73

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 73 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE BONDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

     (1)  Authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds to finance capital improvement projects authorized in appropriation measures of the Executive Branch and the Judiciary; and

     (2)  Make a declaration of findings with respect to the authorizations for the bonds as required under the Hawaii State Constitution.

The Department of Budget and Finance testified in support of this measure.

Article VII, section 13, of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii requires the Legislature to include a declaration of findings in every general law authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds, which shall declare that the issuance of state bonds authorized will not cause the debt limit to be exceeded at the time of issuance.

     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. 73 and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair