Bill Text: HI HB611 | 2015 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Digitization; Historic Preservation; DLNR; Special Fund; Appropriation ($)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2015-05-01 - Conference committee meeting to reconvene on Friday 05-01-15 5:40PM in conference room 224. [HB611 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2015-HB611-Amended.html
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE DIGITIZATION OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION RECORDS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the state historic preservation division of the department of land and natural resources has made enormous strides in resolving the management and performance problems identified by the United States National Park Service and reflected in the corrective action plans. In May 2014, the state historic preservation division submitted its Corrective Action Plan (2) Final Report, which included the various plans, reports, and operating procedures required to meet the National Park Service's requirements. In June 2014, the National Park Service accepted and approved all but one of the documents submitted as part of the Corrective Action Plan (2) Final Report. The data management plan was the only document not accepted by the National Park Service. The state historic preservation division has advised the National Park Service and the legislature that it will work to revise the data management plan to make it acceptable. Because the data management plan includes digitization of over 3,600,000 pages of documents, as well as creation of several databases, a geographic information system, and integration of all these items into a single functioning system, the state historic preservation division advised the National Park Service and the legislature that it does not have the funds necessary to implement this project.
The legislature further finds that the data management plan is essential to meeting the outstanding requirements of the Corrective Action Plan (2) Final Report. Further, the data management plan is crucial to the protection and management of the State's historic places, burial sites, and aviation artifacts and to the facilitation of critically needed infrastructure, housing, and economic development projects.
The legislature also finds that transitioning to digital data management, as well as effective ongoing management of the state historic preservation division's records, maps, reports, inventory documents, databases, and geographic information system, requires additional staff. The National Park Service has directed the state historic preservation division to hire a librarian to oversee its library, reports, and files. Given the size of the state historic preservation division's document collections, the librarian and the division will require four additional administrative staff to support the project and operate the system once the transition is completed.
The purpose of this Act is to appropriate moneys to implement an acceptable data management plan for the digitization of historic preservation records.
SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2015-2016 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2016-2017 for deposit into the Hawaii historic preservation special fund.
SECTION 3. There is appropriated out of the Hawaii historic preservation special fund the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2015-2016 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2016-2017 to implement a data management plan for the digitization of historic preservation records.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of land and natural resources for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 4. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2015-2016 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2016-2017 for the establishment of full-time equivalent ( FTE) permanent historic preservation librarian position, full-time equivalent ( FTE) permanent office assistant positions, and full-time equivalent ( FTE) temporary office assistant positions in the state historic preservation division of the department of land and natural resources.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of land and natural resources for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Digitization; Historic Preservation; DLNR; Special Fund; Appropriation
Description:
Appropriates funds for the digitization of historic preservation records and positions in the State Historic Preservation Division. Takes effect on 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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