§21F-1 Purpose. The legislature finds that most states have a separate fiscal policy office in the legislative branch that works effectively to provide the legislature with necessary revenue and expenditure data and analyses from which economic and fiscal policies are developed. In Hawaii, the legislature relies on the economic and fiscal analyses of the executive […]
§21F-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: “Committee” means the joint legislative budget committee. “House” means the state house of representatives. “Office” means the office of the legislative analyst. “Senate” means the state senate. [L 1990, c 347, pt of §2]
§21F-3 Joint legislative budget committee established; purpose. The joint legislative budget committee is hereby established. The committee shall ascertain facts and make recommendations to the legislature and to the houses thereof concerning: the state budget; the revenues and expenditures of the State; the organization and functions of the State, its departments, subdivisions, and agencies; and […]
§21F-4 Selection of members; co-chairpersons; filling vacancies. The committee shall consist of five members of the senate and five members of the house who shall be selected in the manner provided for in the rules of the senate and the rules of the house. The president of the senate and the speaker of the house […]
§21F-5 Rules. The committee is authorized to adopt rules governing its own proceedings and to create subcommittees from its membership and assign to the subcommittees any study, inquiry, investigation, or hearing that the committee itself has authority to undertake or hold. [L 1990, c 347, pt of §2]
§21F-6 Office of the legislative analyst established. (a) There is established the office of the legislative analyst to be administered by the committee. The committee shall appoint a legislative analyst who shall serve for a period of four years. The committee, by a three-fourths vote of its members, may remove the legislative analyst from office, […]
§21F-7 General purposes of analyst. (a) The purpose of the office of the legislative analyst shall be: (1) To provide the legislature with research and analysis of current and projected state revenues and expenditures; (2) To provide the legislature with a report analyzing the governor’s proposed levels of revenue and expenditures for biennial budgets submitted […]
§21F-8 Agencies to cooperate. All departments, agencies, and education institutions of the executive and judicial branches, the office of Hawaiian affairs, and the University of Hawaii shall comply with requests of the office of the legislative analyst for information, data, estimates, and statistics on the funding revenue operations, and other affairs of the department, agency, […]
