CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 91-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2014

 

RE:    H.B. No. 648

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir and Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 648, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this measure is to repeal or reduce appropriations made in the Regular Session of 2013 to:

 

     (1)  More accurately reflect the expending agencies' expenditure plans for fiscal year 2013-2014; and

 

     (2)  Allow the savings from unexpended and unencumbered funds to be expressly and efficiently identified in the carryover balance for fiscal year 2014-2015 in the state financial plan.

 

     This measure also authorizes the transfer of excess funds from the medicaid investigations recovery fund to the general fund.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Reducing the amount that the Director of Finance may transfer from the medicaid investigations recovery fund to the general fund from $1,500,000 to $1,000,000;

 

     (2)  Authorizing the Director of Finance to transfer funds from the medicaid investigations recovery fund to the general fund in fiscal year 2013-2014 rather than 2014-2015; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 648, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 648, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair