STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3403

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2661

H.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2661, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE LEGISLATURE, THE AUDITOR, THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU, THE OMBUDSMAN, AND THE ETHICS COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds for the expenses of the Legislature, Office of the Auditor, Legislative Reference Bureau, Office of the Ombudsman, and Hawaii State Ethics Commission.

Specifically, this measure appropriates:

(1) $10,322,455 to the Senate;

(2) $14,135,592 to the House of Representatives;

(3) $3,359,915 to the Office of the Auditor;

(4) $2,800,000 for deposit into the Audit Revolving Fund;

(5) $6,300,000 from the Audit Revolving Fund to the Office of the Auditor to conduct or complete its audit functions;

(6) $4,003,999 to the Legislative Reference Bureau including for equipment relating to computer systems programming and operations;

(7) $1,443,007 to the Office of the Ombudsman;

(8) $1,252,667 to the Hawaii State Ethics Commission; and

(9) $665,028 for accrued vacation payments and vacation transfer payments for employees leaving the employ of the Senate, House of Representatives, Office of the Auditor, Legislative Reference Bureau, Office of the Ombudsman, and Hawaii State Ethics Commission.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii State Ethics Commission, Office of the Ombudsman, Legislative Reference Bureau, and Office of the Auditor.

Your Committee finds that this measure appropriates sufficient funds to defray the necessary expenses in fiscal year 2020-2021 of the Senate, House of Representatives, Office of the Auditor, Legislative Reference Bureau, Office of the Ombudsman, and the Hawaii State Ethics Commission.

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. 2661, H.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 Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair