STAND. COM. REP. NO. 681

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 238

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 238, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to allow the University of Hawaii to retain and carry over to the next fiscal year up to five per cent of its general fund appropriation.

 

     Your Committee received comments in support of this measure from Howard Todo, Vice President for Budget and Finance/CFO, University of Hawaii System; Jennifer Diesman, Vice President, Government Relations, Hawaii Medical Service Association; and one individual.

 

     Your Committee finds that allowing the carryover to the University of Hawaii will result in a more efficient utilization of both university and state resources by reducing the time and effort expended by fiscal personnel to avoid the lapsing of general funds at the end of a fiscal year.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Changing the amount of carryover general funds to an unspecified percentage;

 

(2)  Providing an unspecified deadline for submitting the annual report to the Legislature;

(3)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, in order to facilitate further discussion on the matter; and

 

(4)  Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and 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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 238, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 238, S.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair