STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1681

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.C.R. No. 147

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 147 entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A FINANCIAL AND MANAGEMENT AUDIT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF CONSERVATION AND RESOURCES ENFORCEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Auditor to conduct a financial and management audit of the Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement of the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Your Committee finds that the audit requested by this Resolution will help the Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement address significant jurisdictional, procedural, and administrative problems raised with regard to its fiscal and management practices.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical nonsubstantive changes for the purpose of style.

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 concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 147, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 147, S.D. 1.

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

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair