Bill Text: HI SB1271 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Expenditure Ceiling; Grants and Subsidies; Public Notice
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-04-13 - (H) Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 747). [SB1271 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-SB1271-Introduced.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE PUBLIC NOTICES FOR THE EXPENDITURE CEILING AND THE AWARDING OF GRANTS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The State is continuously reviewing ways to develop more efficient and cost‑effective means of operation. Developing a more streamlined, consistent, and cost‑effective means of reporting information to the public is one such way that would clearly be in the public interest.
SECTION 2. Section 37‑94, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§37‑94 Director of finance;
duties. A preliminary estimate of the state growth and expenditure ceiling
shall be determined by the director of finance as of August 15 of each
year. The final estimate of the state growth and expenditure ceiling to be
used by the legislature to make appropriations from the general fund in each
year shall be determined by the director of finance as of November 15 of
each year. Upon the determination of both the preliminary estimate and the
final estimate of the state growth and expenditure ceiling, the director shall
inform the governor, chief justice, and the legislature, and shall give[,
twice in successive weeks] statewide public notice of the state growth and
expenditure ceiling and the maximum dollar amount that may be appropriated from
the general fund. Notwithstanding the requirements of section 1‑28.5,
the notice may be given by using one or more of the following methods:
(1) Posting on the State of Hawaii, department of budget and finance internet website;
(2) Publication in a daily or weekly publication of statewide circulation; or
(3) Any other method the director of finance deems effective for publicizing the notice."
SECTION 3. Section 42F‑107, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"[[]§42F‑107[]]
Grants; release by the governor. If a grant awarded by the legislature
pursuant to this chapter is not allocated or released by the governor within
ninety days of the effective date of the legislation awarding the grant, the
governor or the director of finance shall notify[,in the manner
prescribed in section 1-28.5,] the recipient of the unreleased grant on the
status of whether the grant is still pending or will not be released. The
governor or the director of finance shall provide the notice once every
quarterly allotment period (as the periods are defined in section 37‑32),
beginning on the ninety‑first day after the effective date of the
legislation awarding the grant and until a final determination is made on the
status of the grant. Notwithstanding the requirements of section 1‑28.5,
the notice may be given by using one or more of the following methods:
(1) Posting on the State of Hawaii, office of the governor or the department of budget and finance internet website;
(2) Publication in a daily or weekly publication of statewide circulation; or
(3) Any other method the governor or director of finance deems effective for publicizing the notice."
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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BY REQUEST |
Report Title:
Expenditure Ceiling; Grants and Subsidies
Description:
Clarifies the type of public notice required for reporting the state growth rate and expenditure ceiling and the release of grants.
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