STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1274

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                

 

RE:    S.C.R. No. 74

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 74 entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE GOVERNOR TO REQUIRE THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO CONDUCT A STATEWIDE PROGRAM AND BUDGET PERFORMANCE REVIEW, PURSUANT TO SECTION 37-70, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES, AND REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE IN EVERY ODD-NUMBERED YEAR,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge the Governor to require the Director of Finance to conduct a statewide program and budget performance review and submit biennial reports to the Legislature in each odd-numbered year.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from one individual.

 

     Your Committee finds that pursuant to section 26-8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the Department of Budget and Finance is required to, among other things, "[c]onduct a systematic and continuous review of the finances, organization, and methods of each department of the State to assist each department in achieving the most effective expenditure of all public funds and to determine that such expenditures are in accordance with the budget laws and controls in force".  Your Committee also finds that section 37-70, Hawaii Revised Statutes, requires the Governor to submit to the Legislature biennial program memoranda addressing each of the State's major programs.  Accordingly, your Committee believes that it is appropriate for the Governor to require the Director of Finance to perform a statewide program and budget performance review pursuant to this measure.

 

     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 concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 74 and recommends its adoption.

 

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

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair