STAND. COM. REP. NO. 659

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                

 

RE:    S.B. No. 299

       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. 299, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to provide the Legislature with the authority to prescribe the forms in which budget requests shall be submitted by the executive branch, judiciary branch, and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

 

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

 

     Your Committee finds that providing the Legislature with the authority to prescribe the forms of certain budget requests will save time and help prevent clerical, typographical, and other errors that may occur in transcribing the requests.

 

     Your Committee recognizes written comments from the Department of Budget and Finance, noting that budget requests for the executive branch are generated from the State's mainframe and the Department's budget eSystems programs and were specifically designed to meet existing statutory requirements.  The Department expressed concerns that changes to the reports may require a substantial amount of time for reprogramming.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Making the measure effective upon its approval; and

 

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

 

     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. 299, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 299, 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