Bill Text: HI SCR30 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Urging Congress to Amend the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-04-16 - (H) Referred to FIN, referral sheet 66 [SCR30 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-SCR30-Amended.html

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THE SENATE	S.C.R. NO.	30
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO AMEND THE UNFUNDED MANDATES REFORM ACT.

 

 

     WHEREAS, unfunded federal mandates place unreasonable demands on limited state resources; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act was adopted in 1995 to limit these mandates by requiring accurate cost estimates of federal legislation and rule making; and

 

     WHEREAS, loopholes in the original legislation have prevented the intent of the legislation from being fully implemented; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-sixth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2012, the House of Representatives concurring, that the United States Congress is urged to amend the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act to apply the Act's cost estimation requirements to legislation that alters the conditions for receiving already existing federal grant assistance, such as medicaid and federal grants under the No Child Left Behind Act; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the United States Congress is urged to expand the scope of cost estimates to include indirect costs imposed by new legislation and rule making such as lost revenue; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the United States Congress is urged to remove the exception for mandates issued by independent regulatory agencies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the United States Congress is urged to remove the current exception for urgent federal regulations issued without prior notice by requiring cost estimates to be issued for such urgent rule making decisions within six months after their adoption; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, President of the United States Senate, each member of Hawaii's congressional delegation, and the Governor.

Report Title: 

Urging Congress to Amend the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act