STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1212

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2019

 

RE:   H.B. No. 123

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 123, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to abolish the Hawaii Department of Agriculture Biocontrol Foreign Exploration Special Fund (Special Fund) and transfer the unencumbered balances from the Special Fund to the general fund.

 

     The Department of Agriculture and Tax Foundation of Hawaii provided comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2019.

 

     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. 123, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 123, H.D. 2.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair