REPORT TITLE:
DOE, R&M special fund


DESCRIPTION:
Establishes a department of education repair and maintenance
special fund into which .5% of new capital improvement
appropriations shall be transferred.  Requires the fund be used
solely for DOE repair and maintenance projects.  Reduces the
works of art special fund's transfer from 1% of new capital
improvements to .5%.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           2094
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE. 


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

 1      SECTION 1.  Chapter 103, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended
 
 2 by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to
 
 3 read as follows:
 
 4      "§103-     Department of education repair and maintenance
 
 5 special fund.  (a)  There is created a department of education
 
 6 repair and maintenance special fund, into which shall be
 
 7 transferred one-half of one per cent of all state fund
 
 8 appropriations for capital improvements designated for the
 
 9 construction cost element; provided that this transfer shall
 
10 apply only to capital improvement appropriations that are
 
11 designated for the construction or renovation of state buildings.
 
12      (b)  The repair and maintenance special fund shall be used
 
13 solely for school repair and maintenance projects provided under
 
14 sections 302A-1504 and 302A-1505.
 
15      (c)  The one-half of one per cent amount, which is included
 
16 in all capital improvement appropriations, shall be calculated at
 
17 the time the appropriation bills are signed into law.  The moneys
 
18 shall be transferred into the repair and maintenance special fund
 
19 upon availability of moneys from the appropriations.  Each agency
 

 
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 1 receiving capital improvement appropriations shall calculate the
 
 2 one-half of one per cent and transfer the moneys into the repair
 
 3 and maintenance special fund.
 
 4      (d)  Expenditures from the repair and maintenance special
 
 5 fund shall be made by the comptroller.
 
 6      (e)  The comptroller shall:
 
 7      (1)  Provide each agency receiving capital improvement
 
 8           appropriations with information regarding items that
 
 9           shall be included and excluded from the one-half of one
 
10           per cent amount;
 
11      (2)  Ensure that each agency calculates its one-half of one
 
12           per cent amount correctly; and
 
13      (3)  Ensure that each agency transfers the correct amount to
 
14           the repair and maintenance special fund in a timely
 
15           manner.
 
16      (f)  The comptroller and the board of education shall track
 
17 amounts due from each agency under the one-half of one per cent
 
18 requirement as provided in this section."
 
19      SECTION 2.  Section 103-8.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
20 amended as follows:
 
21      1.   Subsection (a) is amended to read as follows:
 
22      "(a)  There is created a works of art special fund, into
 
23 which shall be transferred one-half of one per cent of all state
 

 
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 1 fund appropriations for capital improvements designated for the
 
 2 construction cost element; provided that this transfer shall
 
 3 apply only to capital improvement appropriations that are
 
 4 designated for the construction or renovation of state
 
 5 buildings."
 
 6      2.   Subsection (c) is amended to read as follows:
 
 7      "(c)  The one-half of one per cent amount, which is included
 
 8 in all capital improvement appropriations, shall be calculated at
 
 9 the time the appropriation bills are signed into law.  The moneys
 
10 shall be transferred into the works of art special fund upon
 
11 availability of moneys from the appropriations.  Each agency
 
12 receiving capital improvement appropriations shall calculate the
 
13 one-half of one per cent amount and transfer the moneys into the
 
14 works of art special fund."
 
15      3.   Subsections (e) and (f) are amended to read as follows:
 
16      "(e)  The comptroller shall:
 
17      (1)  Provide each agency receiving capital improvement
 
18           appropriations with information regarding items that
 
19           shall be included and excluded from the one-half of one
 
20           per cent amount;
 
21      (2)  Ensure that each agency calculates its one-half of one
 
22           per cent amount correctly; and
 
23      (3)  Ensure that each agency transfers the correct amount to
 

 
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 1           the works of art special fund in a timely manner[;].
 
 2      (f)  The comptroller and the executive director shall track
 
 3 amounts due from each agency under the one-half of one per cent
 
 4 requirement as provided in this section."
 
 5      SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
 6 New statutory material is underscored.
 
 7      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
 8 
 
 9                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________