Bill Text: HI SB222 | 2021 | Regular Session | Amended

Hawaii Senate Bill 222 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating To The Department Of Accounting And General Services.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)

Status: (Passed) 2021-07-07 - Act 202, on 07/06/2021 (Gov. Msg. No. 1330). [SB222 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2021-SB222-Amended.html

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	222
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		H.D. 1
		C.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 40-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§40-5 Annual reports. (a) The comptroller shall make an annual report to the governor and to the legislature. Beginning July 1, 2022, the comptroller shall include in the comptroller's annual report a list of all accounts closed by the comptroller during the immediately preceding fiscal year and a list of any accounts that remain open but are serving a lapsed program or initiative.

(b) The comptroller [~~may~~], in the comptroller's yearly report, or in any special report [~~which~~] that the comptroller [~~may at any time think~~] thinks fit to make, may recommend any [~~plans~~]:

(1) Plans and suggestions that the comptroller [~~may think~~] thinks fit or worthy of adoption for the better collection, custody, and payment of the public moneys and the more economical auditing and examining of the public accounts[,]; and [~~any improvements~~]

(2) Improvements in the mode of keeping these accounts that may at any time be brought to the comptroller's notice,

and generally report upon all matters relating to public accounts."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Report Title:

Department of Accounting and General Services; Comptroller; Annual Reports; Closed Accounts; Lapsed Programs; Lapsed Initiatives

Description:

Beginning 7/1/2022, requires the comptroller's annual report to the governor and legislature to include a list of all accounts that were closed by the comptroller during the immediately preceding fiscal year, and a list of accounts that remain open but that are serving a lapsed program or initiative. (CD1)

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