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HRS §40-5

Annual reports

The comptroller must report to the governor and legislature every year. Starting in 2022, the report must list closed accounts and accounts still open for lapsed programs. The comptroller may also suggest ways to improve money handling and account keeping.

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The statute, as written — 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, in the comptroller's yearly report, or in any special report that the comptroller thinks fit to make, may recommend any: (1) Plans and suggestions that the comptroller 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 (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.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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