STAND. COM. REP. NO. 897

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: H.B. No. 185

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 185 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the operating costs of the Judiciary Branch for fiscal year (FY) 2021-2022 and FY 2022-2023.

As introduced, this budget appropriates:

	FY 2021-2022	FY 2022-2023
General Funds	163,983,827	163,983,827
All Means of Financing	176,992,774	176,992,774

Testimony received on this measure can be found at the Legislature's website at https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/

Your Committee has amended this measure by transferring the Office of the Public Defender to the Judiciary.

This amended budget appropriates:

	FY 2021-2022	FY 2022-2023
General Funds	183,590,921	183,590,921
All Means of Financing	196,599,868	196,599,868

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. 185, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 185, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair