REPORT TITLE:
Fiscal and Budget Analysis


DESCRIPTION:
Appropriates funds for the operation of the joint legislative
budget committee and the office of the legislative analyst.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO. TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE,
1999                                                       
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT
RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE FISCAL AND BUDGET ANALYSIS.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that aside from session-
 
 2 only legislative staff and "on loan" executive staff who are able
 
 3 to conduct and develop economic and fiscal analyses, the
 
 4 legislature must rely substantially on the executive branch and
 
 5 the private sector for expertise and assistance in this area of
 
 6 specialization.  The legislature also recognizes the importance
 
 7 of developing and hiring professional staff who are knowledgeable
 
 8 about fiscal, budgetary, and tax matters, as well as staff who
 
 9 are able to perform extensive analyses of the State's budget,
 
10 revenues, expenditures, economic conditions, and tax policies.
 
11      The purpose of this Act is to appropriate funds to implement
 
12 chapter 21F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to legislative
 
13 fiscal and budget analysis.
 
14      SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
15 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $        , or so much
 
16 thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 1999-2000, and the
 
17 same sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year
 
18 2000-2001, to implement chapter 21F, Hawaii Revised Statutes,
 
19 relating to legislative fiscal and budget analysis.
 

 
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 1      SECTION 3.  The funds appropriated by this Act shall be used
 
 2 primarily for the operation of the joint legislative budget
 
 3 committee and the office of the legislative analyst.
 
 4      SECTION 4.  The sums appropriated shall be expended by the
 
 5 joint legislative budget committee for the purposes of this Act.
 
 6      SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1999.
 
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 8                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________