STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1328

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 696

       H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 696, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to provide financial support for neighbor island residents who hold the position of Lieutenant Governor.

 

     Specifically, this measure authorizes an allowance to cover the personal expenses of a Lieutenant Governor whose legal residence is on an island other than Oahu.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Office of the Governor and four individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds that work demands often require the Lieutenant Governor to spend extended periods of time at the State Capitol and other locations on the island of Oahu.  These duties pose unique financial challenges for officeholders whose legal residence is not on Oahu.  This measure promotes fairness by mitigating the financial hardship that could otherwise deter anyone whose island of residence is other than Oahu from serving as Lieutenant Governor.

 

     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. 696, H.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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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair