STAND. COM. REP. NO.  375

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 1214

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred H.B. No. 1214 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE-COUNTY FUNCTIONS WORKING GROUP,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Office of the Auditor to carry out the purposes of the State-County Functions Working Group.

     The State-County Functions Working Group was established by Act 174, Session Laws of Hawaii 2014, to evaluate the division of duties and responsibilities between the State and counties relating to the provision of public services.

The State-County Functions Working Group testified in support of this measure.  One concerned individual testified in opposition to this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1214 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Legislative Management,

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair