STAND. COM. REP. NO.  677

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 79

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 79 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to assist the State in addressing its fiscal needs by:

 

     (1)  Repealing, terminating, or closing certain revolving funds and trust funds; and

 

     (2)  Providing for the automatic repeal of all new and existing special and revolving funds.

 

     A concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Human Services; University of Hawaii System; University of Hawaii at Manoa; Department of Health; Department of Public Safety; Department of Accounting and General Services; Department of Human Resources Development; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation; Crime Victim Compensation Commission; Department of Information Technology of the City and County of Honolulu; Honolulu Police Department; Hawaii Teacher Standards Board; Hawaii State Public Library System; High Technology Development Corporation; Catholic Charities Hawaii; University of Hawaii Alumni Association; Hawaii Primary Care Association; Society for Hawaiian Archaeology; Associated Students of the University of Hawaii; Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation; University of Hawaii Foundation; Hoola Lahui Hawaii; and numerous concerned individuals testified in opposition to this measure.  The Judiciary, Department of the Attorney General, Department of Budget and Finance, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Department of Agriculture, Department of Human Services, Public Utilities Commission, Office of Planning, State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Stadium Authority, Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii County Police Department, Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Maui, Hawaii Community Development Authority, Tax Foundation of Hawaii, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Hawaii Substance Abuse Center, Hawaii State Center for Nursing, American Heart Association, Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawaii, and numerous concerned individuals offered comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Deleting the provisions for the automatic repeal of all new and existing special funds and revolving funds;

 

     (2)  Requiring each state agency to report to the 2012 Legislature on every non-general fund under its control or administration; and

 

     (3)  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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 79, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 79, 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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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair