CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 124-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2016

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2551

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sirs:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2551, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this measure is to require the Judiciary to annually report to the Legislature on all non-general funds managed by the Judiciary, including administratively established accounts and funds.

 

     Your Committee on Conference finds that it is necessary to be informed of the total fiscal situation of the State to make sound budgetary decisions.  The Auditor's Report No. 15-16, "Review of Special Funds, Revolving Funds, Trust Funds, and Trust Accounts of the Judiciary", reported that "[a]ccording to [j]udiciary personnel, sections 37-47(9), (10), and (11), Hawaii Revised Statutes, do not apply to its special funds."  As a result, the Auditor found that several trust funds and accounts of the Judiciary were not reported to the Legislature.  This measure imposes on the Judiciary the same non-general fund reporting requirements imposed on executive branch departments.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Amending the purpose section to appropriately reflect the findings of Auditor's Report No. 15-16 and make conforming amendments;

 

     (2)  Inserting language from S.B. No. 2551, as introduced, that inserts a new section in chapter 601, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to require the Judiciary to annually report to the Legislature certain information regarding each non-general fund account; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2551, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2551, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

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KARL RHOADS, Co-Chair

 

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GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Chair

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JO JORDAN, Co-Chair

 

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Co-Chair