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