STAND. COM. REP. NO. 415-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 2237

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 Water & Land, to which was referred H.B. No. 2237 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to repeal the Hazard Mitigation Special Fund for the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency of the Department of Defense and to transfer any unencumbered balance of the Hazard Mitigation Special Fund to the general fund.

Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Tax Foundation of Hawaii.

Your Committee finds that this measure was crafted pursuant to a recommendation made by the Auditor in Auditor's Report No. 23‑16.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Water & Land that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2237, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2237, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Water & Land,

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LINDA ICHIYAMA, Chair