STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3817

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2380

H.D. 2

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2380, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND FINANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to make an emergency appropriation to the Department of Budget and Finance to disburse moneys in the mass transit special fund.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance, Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization, and Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation.

Your Committee finds that the emergency appropriation authorized by this measure will allow the Department of Budget and Finance to timely distribute moneys in the mass transit special fund that are anticipated to exceed the existing appropriation for fiscal year 2023-2024.

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 H.B. No. 2380, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair