STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1644
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: H.C.R. No. 195
Honorable Donna Mercado Kim
President of the Senate
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2015
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 195 entitled:
"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A FINANCIAL AUDIT OF EACH COUNTY TO EXAMINE THE USE OF AND NEEDS FOR STATE FUNDS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to request that the Auditor:
(1) Conduct a financial audit of each county to examine the use of and needs for state funds; and
(2) Report findings to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the convening of the Regular Session of 2016.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from one individual.
Your Committee finds that the use of state funds should be a matter of public record to ensure that state funds are used appropriately and responsibly. An audit of the amount of funds each county receives from the State and the use of such funds will provide transparency and better assurance that counties are fiscally accountable.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 195, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs,
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________________________________ WILL ESPERO, Chair |
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