Report Title:

Department of Public Safety; Gifts

 

Description:

Repeals section 353-32, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which provides that gifts of money or property donated to the department of public safety must be deposited in the state treasury and reported to the legislature by the department annually.

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2008

TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to the department of public safety.

 

 

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

 

     SECTION 1.  Section 353-32, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is repealed.

     ["[§353-32]  Gifts.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the department may receive, use, manage, and invest moneys or property, real, personal, or mixed, which may be given, bequeathed, devised, or in any other manner provided from sources other than the legislature or the federal government, for any purpose authorized by this chapter and not inconsistent with any terms or conditions imposed by the donor, subsection (b), or chapter 84.

     (b)  A gift of money shall be deposited by the director of finance in a separate account in the state treasury and expended in accordance with law and any terms and conditions that may pertain to the gift.  Unless otherwise specified as a term or condition, the department may convert a gift of property into money.  Income derived from property or the conversion of property may be used to pay for the storage, handling, and distribution of other properties held by the department.

     (c)  All expenditures made pursuant to this section shall be subject to the approval of the director of public safety.

     (d)  The department shall maintain records of each gift, the essential facts of the management thereof, details relating to expenditures of all moneys made pursuant to this section, and the current disposition, use, and condition of each gifted property held by the department.  This information shall be compiled and transmitted annually to the legislature and the governor, and shall be made available to the general public free of charge."]

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

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