STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1209-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2554

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2554 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VII, SECTION 6, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF EXCESS REVENUES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to propose a constitutional amendment in the disposition of excess general fund revenues to include the appropriation of general funds for the pre-payment of general obligation bond debt service, pre-payment of pension or other post-employment benefit liabilities, or both.

 

     The Department of Budget and Finance supported the intent of this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2554 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

 

 

 

 

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KARL RHOADS, Chair