STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: S.B. No. 890

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 890 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPENSES OF THE LEGISLATURE, THE LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR, THE LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU, AND THE OMBUDSMAN,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to authorize funds for the current expenses of the Legislature up to and including June 30, 2002, and to provide funds for the expenses of the legislative support agencies during the 2001-2002 fiscal year.

Your Committee believes that the attached budget can adequately finance the expenses of the Legislature for the coming fiscal year.

Your Committee notes that the appropriation made to the Legislative Reference Bureau includes the sum of $69,983, which reflects the amount of the annual dues of the State Legislature payable to the Council of State Governments.

Your Committee finds that long-term care issues must be addressed in the near future to meet the demands of an increasing aging population. Your Committee is providing $100,000 to the Auditor for the purpose of conducting a study on long-term care.

Your Committee has amended the bill by increasing the appropriation to the Auditor by $200,000 for the purpose of meeting costs and expenses for potential Felix Consent Decree related studies and other activities.

Because this bill provides for the current expenses of the Legislature, including the 2001 regular session, your Committee has further amended the bill by changing the effective date from July 1, 2001, to upon its approval.

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. 890, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 890, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

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

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair