STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1582

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

 

RE:   S.B. No. 102

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 102 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE FEDERAL FUNDING POLICY STUDY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to address the federal funding policy study mandated by Act 225, Session Laws of Hawaii 2016.

 

     More specifically, this measure amends Act 225, Session Laws of Hawaii 2016, by:

 

(1)  Changing the agency responsible for preparing the federal funding policy study from the Office of the Governor to the Department of Budget and Finance;

 

     (2)  Specifying the fiscal period to be covered by the study and the deadline for the study's submission to the Governor and Legislature; and

    

     (3)  Amending the appropriation to conform to the change of agency and applicable fiscal year.

 

The Department of Budget and Finance supported this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate further discussion;

 

     (2)  Changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, 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. 102, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 102, 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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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair