Appropriates funds to provide for the expenses of the Legislature, the Auditor, the Legislative Reference Bureau, and the Ombudsman.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

SECTION 1. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $6,116,084 or so much thereof as may be necessary for defraying any and all session and nonsession expenses of the Senate up to and including June 30, 2006, including the 2005 regular session, Twenty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, and pre-session expenses and the expenses of any committee or committees established during the interim between the 2005 and 2006 regular sessions.

SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $8,776,077 or so much thereof as may be necessary for defraying any and all session and nonsession expenses of the House of Representatives up to and including June 30, 2006, including the 2005 regular session, Twenty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, and pre-session expenses and the expenses of any committee or committees established during the interim between the 2005 and 2006 regular sessions.

SECTION 3. Payment of expenses of the Senate during the interim between the 2005 and 2006 regular sessions shall be made only with the approval of the President of the Senate, and payment of expenses of the House of Representatives during the interim between the 2005 and 2006 sessions shall be made only with the approval of the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

SECTION 4. Before January 18, 2006, the Senate and the House of Representatives shall each have their accounts audited and a full report of the respective audits shall be presented to the Senate and to the House of Representatives convening on January 18, 2006.

SECTION 5. Unless otherwise prescribed by law, the expenses of any member of the Legislature while traveling abroad on official business of the Legislature shall be $130 a day as authorized by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, respectively.

SECTION 6. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $3,405,252 or so much thereof as may be necessary to the office of the auditor for the following expenses:

(3) The sum of $150,000 during fiscal year 2005-2006 for:

SECTION 7. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $1,500,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary to the office of the auditor during fiscal year 2005-2006 to be deposited into the audit revolving fund established pursuant to section 23-3.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

SECTION 8. There is appropriated out of the audit revolving fund the sum of $3,013,125 or so much thereof as may be necessary to the office of the auditor during fiscal year 2005-2006 for the following expenses:

(2) The financial statement and single audits of:

(B) The department of health;

(C) The department of education; and

(D) The department of transportation, specifically:

(i) The administration of the department;

SECTION 9. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $2,663,198 or so much thereof as may be necessary to the legislative reference bureau for defraying the expenses of the legislative reference bureau during fiscal year 2005-2006, including equipment relating to computer systems programming and operations.

SECTION 10. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $881,170 or so much thereof as may be necessary to the office of the ombudsman for defraying the expenses of the office during fiscal year 2005- 2006.

SECTION 11. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the following sums or so much thereof as may be necessary for defraying the expenses of the legislative information system:

(1) $600,000 to the Senate; and

(2) $600,000 to the House of Representatives.

This appropriation shall be used to pay for hardware, software, consultant, installation, material, supply, and other related costs associated with the legislative information system that have been or will be incurred.

SECTION 12. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $175,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for the legislative broadcast program, including the production and distribution of television broadcasts of legislative proceedings. This appropriation shall be expended by the Legislature for the purposes of this section.

SECTION 13. Act 1, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004, is amended by amending section 13 to read as follows:

"SECTION 13. [As] Except for moneys in the audit revolving fund, as of the close of business on June 30, 2005, the unexpended or unencumbered balance of any appropriation made by this Act shall lapse into the general fund."

SECTION 14. Except for moneys in the audit revolving fund, as of the close of business on June 30, 2006, the unexpended or unencumbered balance of any appropriation made by this Act shall lapse into the general fund.

SECTION 15. Each section of this Act is declared to be severable from the remainder of this Act.

SECTION 16. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.