STAND. COM. REP. NO.  522-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2186

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2186 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO IMPROPER PAYMENTS ELIMINATION AND RECOVERY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to improve the financial management of each State agency by:

 

     (1)  Establishing procedures to eliminate and recover improper payments made by a State agency, State contractor, State grantee, or a governmental or other organization administering a State program or activity, to any non-State person or entity; and

 

     (2)  Requiring the head of each agency to conduct a financial management improvement program and follow additional reporting requirements for State agencies consistent with guidance prescribed by the Director of Finance.

 

     The Department of Budget and Finance offered comments on this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, 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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2186, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2186, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair