STAND. COM. REP. NO. 303

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 628

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 628 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

 

     (1)  Require vacancies on any board or commission to be promptly reported to the Governor;

 

     (2)  Require the Governor to keep a listing of all boards and commissions, including certain information regarding each board or commission; and

 

     (3)  Appropriate funds to the Office of the Governor for one full-time equivalent position to manage the listing of all information on boards and commissions.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from one individual.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Taxation.

 

     Your Committee finds that state boards and commissions are an integral component of shaping the quality of life for the people of Hawaii.  There are more than one hundred seventy boards and commissions established under state law, and no central clearinghouse where pertinent information regarding board composition, vacancies, and other vital information is maintained.  Your Committee finds that monitoring and tracking this information is essential for efficient government operations and filling vacancies in a timely manner without any disruption to the roles and responsibilities of boards and commissions in state government.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 628, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 628, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Government Operations,

 

 

 

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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair