STAND. COM. REP. NO. 887

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 1538

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1538, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate moneys to the Judiciary for capital improvement projects for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2025.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Judiciary and one individual.

Your Committee finds that the Judiciary requested the following amounts for its capital improvement program budget for fiscal biennium 2023-2025:

JUDICIARY	FY 2024	FY 2025
General Obligation Bond Funds	$16,225,000	$0
Total by All Means of Financing	$16,225,000	$0

Your Committee has amended this measure to appropriate the following amounts to the Judiciary for its capital improvement program budget:

SENATE	FY 2024	FY 2025
General Obligation Bond Funds	$12,730,000	$0
General Funds	$3,000,000	$0
Total by All Means of Financing	$15,730,000	$0

Your Committee further amended this measure by changing the effective date to January 7, 2059, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

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 S.B. No. 1538, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1538, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair