REPORT TITLE:
Office of Community Services


DESCRIPTION:
Establishes a grant writing office within the office of community
services to secure federal grants.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           855
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SERVICES. 


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

 1      SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that the federal
 
 2 government provides grants to states to fund various human
 
 3 services and labor programs.  The office of community services of
 
 4 the state department of labor and industrial relations is
 
 5 responsible for applying for and administering those grants.
 
 6 Examples of federal grants are the community services block grant
 
 7 from the department of health and human services, the energy
 
 8 conservation grant for low income families from the department of
 
 9 energy, and the rural business enterprise grant of the department
 
10 of agriculture.  The legislature further finds that the office of
 
11 community services should have an office for grant writing in
 
12 order to secure the federal funds.
 
13      The purpose of this Act is to establish an office of grant
 
14 writing within the office of community services.
 
15      SECTION 2.  Chapter 371K, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
16 amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated
 
17 and to read as follows:
 
18      "§371K-    Office of grant writing.  (a)  There is
 
19 established an office of grant writing within the office of
 

 
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 1 community services for the purpose of securing federal grant
 
 2 moneys that may be available under federal programs relating to
 
 3 this chapter.  The office of grant writing shall be responsible
 
 4 for writing applications for federal grant moneys on behalf of
 
 5 state agencies and shall advise state agencies on administering
 
 6 those grants.
 
 7      (b)  The executive director of the office of community
 
 8 services shall appoint an administrator to head the office of
 
 9 grant writing, without regard to chapters 76 and 77."
 
10      SECTION 3.  New statutory material is underscored.
 
11      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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13                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________