STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1136-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: S.B. No. 2516

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor & Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 2516, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Rename the position of Chief Information Officer to Chief Information Officer and Deputy Comptroller;

(2) Provide that the Chief Information Officer and Deputy Comptroller shall be appointed by and report to the Comptroller; and

(3) Match the salary of the Chief Information Officer and Deputy Comptroller to that of the First Deputy Comptroller.

Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from three individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services; Office of Enterprise Technology Services; and Transform Hawaiʻi Government.

Your Committee finds that although the Office of Enterprise Technology Services is attached to the Department of Accounting and General Services, the Chief Information Officer, who heads the Office, is appointed by and reports to the Governor, rather than the Comptroller. This measure ensures that the Chief Information Officer reports to and is appointed by the Comptroller.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that centralized computer information management and processing services shall be provided through the Chief Information Officer;

(2) Deleting language that would have renamed the Chief Information Officer to Chief Information Officer and Deputy Comptroller;

(3) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2516, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2516, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

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

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SCOT Z. MATAYOSHI, Chair