STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3935

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1536

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1536, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate supplemental funds for the Judiciary for the 2021-2023 fiscal biennium.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Judiciary, Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii, Hawaii State Bar Association, Hawaii County Bar Association, and Hawaii Access to Justice Commission.

 

     Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

 

     Your Committee recognizes that the Judiciary's budget was reduced in the two previous fiscal years.  Your Committee believes that this supplemental budget, while modest, will serve to assist the Judiciary with its operations and its necessary improvement projects.

OPERATING BUDGET

 

     The Judiciary requested a supplemental operating budget that totaled:

 

JUDICIARY

FY 2022

FY 2023

General Funds

$164,891,486

$165,852,798

All Means of Financing

$177,900,433

$178,353,682

 

Your Committee has amended this budget to appropriate the following in funds for operating expenses:

 

SENATE

FY 2022

FY 2023

General Funds

$164,891,486

$171,952,798

All Means of Financing

$177,900,433

$184,453,682

 

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM BUDGET

 

     The Judiciary requested a supplemental capital improvement budget that totaled:

 

JUDICIARY

FY 2022

FY 2023

General Obligation Bonds

$5,886,000

$14,334,000

All Means of Financing

$11,106,000

$14,334,000

 

Your Committee has amended this budget to appropriate the following in capital improvement funds:

 

SENATE

FY 2022

FY 2023

General Obligation Bonds

$5,886,000

$14,529,000

All Means of Financing

$5,886,000

$14,529,000

 

     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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1536, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1536, H.D. 2, S.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair