STAND. COM. REP. NO. 197

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 930

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 930 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to provide the Office of the Governor with moneys to meet payroll shortfalls caused by the gubernatorial transition.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of the Governor.

 

     Your Committee finds that the gubernatorial transition required the expenditure of unbudgeted funds for vacation payout to departing employees and transfers of revenues to those employees' successor state or county employers.  The change in administration also necessitated payroll costs for staff who supported the current Governor's transition by screening resumes, scheduling interviews and establishing essential office operations.  Your Committee finds that this appropriation will cover these payroll shortfalls as well as support ongoing equipment leases, professional organization dues, travel expenses, and protocol expenses.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 930, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair