STAND. COM. REP. NO.  384-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2447

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred H.B. No. 2447 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO OUT-OF-STATE OFFICES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure that the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism (DBEDT) is fiscally accountable by:

 

     (1)  Requiring the Auditor to conduct management and fiscal audits of DBEDT's out-of-state offices at least every two years; and

 

     (2)  Restoring the requirement that DBEDT comply with Chapter 40 (relating to audit and accounting) and Chapter 77 (relating to compensation), Hawaii Revised Statutes, in operating its out-of-state offices.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2447 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Legislative Management,

 

 

 

 

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JAMES KUNANE TOKIOKA, Chair