STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2054

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.B. No. 299

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 299, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BUDGET-RELATED SUBMISSIONS TO THE LEGISLATURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Authorize the Legislature, upon the agreement by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and President of the Senate, to specify the form in which the proposed budgets of the Executive Branch, Judicial Branch, and Office of Hawaiian Affairs are submitted to the Legislature; and

(2) Require the Executive Branch, Judicial Branch, and Office of Hawaiian Affairs to conform no later than December 1, 2023.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

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 S.B. No. 299, S.D. 2, 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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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair