Report Title:

Legislation; fiscal note

 

Description:

Requires a fiscal note to be attached to all bills introduced in the state legislature.

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1347

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to legislation.

 

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 37, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§37- Fiscal note to be attached to all bills introduced in the state legislature. Fiscal notes shall be attached to all bills introduced in the state legislature. For purposes of this section, "fiscal note" is defined as a memorandum estimating the financial impact created if the bill were to become law."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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