STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1354

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 32

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Government Operations, to which was referred H.B. No. 32, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GOVERNMENT SERVICES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to clarify the Office of the Legislative Analyst.

 

     Your Committee did not receive any testimony on this measure.

 

     Your Committee finds that Act 347, Session Laws of Hawaii 1990, established the Office of the Legislative Analyst.  The Office of the Legislative Analyst was originally intended to assist the Legislature with information, facts, and analyses concerning fiscal, budgetary, and tax matters of the State.  As the Legislature meets for approximately four months of the year, it has come to rely heavily on the use of session-only legislative staff.  Additionally, the reliance on session-only legislative staff creates gaps in institutional knowledge and requires annual training that may delay the research process.  This measure clarifies the Office of the Legislative Analyst, which would create continuity with fiscal and budgetary research while also providing the Legislature with timely information to make informed policy decisions for the State.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting a new effective date of July 1, 2112, to continue to encourage further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 32, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 32, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Government Operations,

 

 

 

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ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Chair