STAND. COM. REP. NO. 750-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 2741

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2741 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to enhance accountability in government by requiring that all deputy director and special assistant positions within the Executive Branch that are not specifically authorized by statute shall be subject to position justification requirements and legislative review.

The Hawaii Government Employees Association and Hawaii State Teachers Association supported this bill. The departments of Human Resources Development, Budget and Finance, Taxation, and Labor and Industrial Relations opposed this measure. The Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism offered comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2010, to facilitate further discussion; and

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

 

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 H.B. No. 2741, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2741, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair