STAND. COM. REP. NO. 833

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: H.B. No. 573

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. 573, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FEDERAL FUNDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Require the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, under certain circumstances, to convene and make recommendations to the Legislature regarding federal funds;

(2) Provide the Legislature with the opportunity to convene in special session in accordance to the Constitution to act on the recommendations or, if the Legislature does not convene in special session, otherwise authorizes the Governor to expend federal funds pursuant to the Governor's emergency powers;

(3) Appropriate federal funds for COVID-19 response; and

(4) Require funding of certain programs to be paid for from a county's share of federal funds.

Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Mayor of the County of Maui.

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. 573, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair