HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

S.B. NO.

2102

TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016

S.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Judiciary Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2016.

     SECTION 2.  Act 138, Session Laws of Hawaii 2015, is amended by amending part II to read as follows:

"PART II.  PROGRAM APPROPRIATIONS

     SECTION 3.  The following sums, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to accomplish the purposes and programs designated herein, are appropriated or authorized from the sources of funding specified to the judiciary for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2017.  The total expenditures and the number of permanent positions established in each fiscal year of the fiscal biennium shall not exceed the sums and the position ceilings indicated for each year, except as provided in this Act.


The Judicial System

1.   JUD101 - COURTS OF APPEAL

                                                 71.00* [       71.00*]

                                                                70.00*

OPERATING                         JUD        6,563,752A [   6,713,204A]

                                                            6,653,468A

 

2.   JUD310 - FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

                                              1,077.50* [    1,077.50*]

                                                             1,022.50*

OPERATING                         JUD       80,710,960A [  82,178,576A]

                                                           78,234,031A

                                                 41.00* [       41.00*]

                                                                33.00*

                                  JUD        4,144,799B [   4,150,321B]

                                                            3,838,105B

 

3.   JUD320 - SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

                                                207.00* [      207.00*]

                                                               205.00*

OPERATING                         JUD       16,145,386A [  16,414,724A]

                                                           16,302,884A

 

4.   JUD330 - THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

                                                228.00* [      228.00*]

                                                               226.00*

OPERATING                         JUD       19,145,986A [  19,427,874A]

                                                           19,274,550A

 

5.   JUD350 - FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

                                                 99.00* [       99.00*]

                                                                94.00*

OPERATING                         JUD        7,379,519A [   7,513,151A]

                                                            7,305,863A

 

6.   JUD501 - JUDICIAL SELECTION COMMISSION

                                                  1.00*          1.00*

OPERATING                         JUD           93,418A        93,418A

 

7.   JUD601 - ADMINISTRATION

                                                227.00* [      227.00*]

                                                               215.00*

OPERATING                         JUD       26,028,018A [  25,841,778A]

                                                           26,701,916A

                                                  1.00*          1.00*

                                  JUD        7,976,193B [   7,989,841B]

                                                            6,439,841B

                                  JUD          343,261W       343,261W

INVESTMENT CAPITAL                      JUD       55,000,000C             0C"


     SECTION 4.  Part III, Act 138, Session Laws of Hawaii 2015, is amended as follows:

     (1) By amending section 7 to read as follows:

     "SECTION 7.  Provided that of the general funds appropriated for administration (JUD601), the sum of $600,000 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] shall be expended for purchase of service contracts for civil legal services; provided further that the administrative director of the courts shall submit to the legislature by February 1, 2016 a report listing the purchase of service contracts entered into from July 1, 2015, to December 31, 2015, the purpose of the contracts, and contract award amounts; and provided further that the administrative director of the courts at least twenty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2016 and 2017, shall submit to the legislature a report listing: the purchase of service contracts entered into in the immediately preceding fiscal year; the purpose of the contracts; the contract award amounts; expenditures and encumbrances under the contracts; and program measures achieved by the contractors."

     (2) By adding a new section to read as follows:

"SECTION 7.1.  Provided that of the general fund appropriation for judiciary administration (JUD 601), the sum of $1,550,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2016-2017 shall be expended as grants pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii revised statutes as follows:

         (1)  Not more than $465,000 for Domestic Violence Action Center;

         (2)  Not more than $930,000 for Legal Aid Society of Hawaii; and

         (3)  Not more than $155,000 for Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii."

     SECTION 5.  If any portion of this Act or its application to any person or circumstances is held to be invalid for any reason, the remainder of the Act and any provision thereof shall not be affected.  If any portion of a specific appropriation is held to be invalid for any reason, the remaining portion shall be independent of the invalid portion and shall be expended to fulfill the objective and intent of the appropriation to the extent possible.

     SECTION 6.  If any manifest clerical, typographical, or other mechanical error is found in this Act, the chief justice may correct the error.  All changes made pursuant to this section shall be reported to the legislature at its next regular session.

     SECTION 7.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 8.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2016.


Report Title:

Judiciary supplemental budget.

 

Description:

To adjust and request appropriations for FY 2016‑17 funding requirements for operations and capital improvement projects of the Judiciary.

 

 

 

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