STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1102

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   S.B. No. 103

      S.D. 1

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 S.B. No. 103, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to make adjustments to the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2014.  Specifically, this measure adjusts the:

     (1)  Amount of an appropriation to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations for fiscal year 2014-2015 for accrued vacation payments for all employees leaving the employ of the Department; and

     (2)  Authorized uses, and amounts of, an appropriation made as a grant-in-aid to the National Kidney Foundation of Hawaii.

Pursuant to requirements set forth in Article VII, Section 9, of the Hawaii State Constitution, the Governor, in Governor's Message No. 221 to the Legislature, requested immediate consideration and passage of this bill by the Legislature.

The Department of Budget and Finance and Department of Labor and Industrial Relations provided testimony in support of this measure.

     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. 103, S.D. 1, 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