Report Title:

Hawaii County Economic Opportunity Council; Appropriations

Description:

Appropriates funds for the Hawaii County Economic Opportunity Council to purchase 10 buses.

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	201
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII COUNTY ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL.

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

     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that the Hawaii County Economic Opportunity Council is a private non-profit organization established in 1965 whose sole purpose is to serve the low-income population in the county of Hawaii.  Specifically, the agency has provided county-wide transportation services in the county of Hawaii for disadvantaged persons for more than thirty-three years and is also the only agency in the county that transports low-income persons exclusively.

     The legislature further finds that the agency needs to replace ten transportation vehicles in order to continue to transport the county's low-income population to and from public and private service facilities.

     The legislature accordingly finds that appropriating funds to the Hawaii county economic opportunity council for the purchase of buses to serve the disadvantaged elderly, pre-school children, and disabled persons throughout the county is an appropriation for a public purpose.

     SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $600,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2009-2010 for purchase of ten new buses to serve the disadvantaged elderly, pre-school children, and disabled persons.

     The sum appropriated shall be expended by the Hawaii county economic opportunity council for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2009.

INTRODUCED BY:

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