STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1038-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 1491

S.D. 1

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 S.B. No. 1491, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE GOVERNMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to:

(1) Authorize the transfer of excess amounts in various state funds, special funds, revolving funds, and special accounts to the state general fund;

(2) Lower the balance ceiling for the Environmental Health Education Fund from $300,000 to $150,000; and

(3) Repeal the authority of any department, with the approval of the Governor or the Director of Finance if so delegated by the Governor, to transfer excess amounts in any special funds related to that department to the state general fund.

The departments of Accounting and General Services, the Attorney General, Land and Natural Resources, Human Services, Agriculture, Transportation, and Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Judiciary, Housing and Community Development Corporation of Hawaii, Hawaii Tourism Authority, Professional and Vocational Licensing Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA), Aloha Tower Development Corporation, Hawaii Community Development Authority, Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation, Aloha Stadium Authority, Hawaii Nurses' Association, Hawaii State Council of the American Institute of Architects, Hawaii Transportation Association, Nature Conservancy of Hawaii, Occupational Therapy Association of Hawaii, Structural Engineers Association of Hawaii, Hawaii Association of Realtors, Hawaii Association of Mortgage Brokers, West Maui Mountains Watershed Partnership, American Council of Engineering Companies of Hawaii, Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc., Hawaii Allied Memorial Council, Youth Conservation Corps Program, Hawaii Independent Auto Dealers Association, East Molokai Watershed Partnership; and 11 concerned individuals testified in opposition to various sections of this bill. DCCA, Tax Foundation of Hawaii, Department of Health, Public Utilities Commission, and Pahio Resorts, Inc., submitted comments.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Amending all dollar amounts in this bill to $1, to facilitate further discussion; and

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

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 S.B. No. 1491, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1491, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

 

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DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair