Bill Text: HI HB1224 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Works of Art Special Fund; Appropriation Transfer; Suspension

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [HB1224 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-HB1224-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  343

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1224

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1224 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WORKS OF ART SPECIAL FUND,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to:

 

     (1)  Suspend until June 30, 2011, the transfer of one percent of all capital improvement project appropriations to the Works of Art Special Fund (Special Fund); and

 

     (2)  Transfer any unexpended and unencumbered moneys in the Special Fund on June 30, 2009, to the appropriate capital projects fund to be allotted and expended for capital improvement projects.

 

     The Department of Accounting and General Services testified in support of the intent of this bill.  A concerned individual opposed this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2112, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1224, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1224, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs,

 

 

		____________________________ JOEY MANAHAN, Chair