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THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
2654 |
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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012 |
S.D. 2 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO EDUCATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 37-74, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
"(d) No appropriation transfers or changes between programs or agencies shall be made without legislative authorization; provided that:
(1) Authorized transfers or changes, when made, shall be reported to the legislature;
(2) Except with
respect to appropriations to fund financing agreements under chapter 37D, the
University of Hawaii shall have the flexibility to transfer appropriated funds
and positions for the operating cost category among programs, among cost
elements in a program, and between quarters, as applicable; [except]
(3) Except
with respect to appropriations to fund financing agreements under chapter 37D, the
department of education shall have the flexibility to transfer appropriated funds
and positions for the operating cost category among programs and among cost
elements in a program, and between quarters, as applicable; [and the] provided
that appropriations to the EDN 100 school-based budgeting program identifier
shall not be transferred to any other program identifier of the department of
education unless all of the following apply:
(A) The department has received unanticipated federal grant funds appropriated for the EDN 100 school-based budgeting program identifier;
(B) The transfer is of general funds that do not exceed the amount of the federal grant in subparagraph (A); and
(C) The transfer is necessary to address an unforeseen funding shortfall in any other program within the department;
(4) The Hawaii health systems corporation and its regional system boards shall have the flexibility to transfer special fund appropriations among regional system hospital facilities as applicable and as mutually agreed to by the corporation and the respective regional system board; provided further that the Hawaii health systems corporation and the regional system boards shall maintain the integrity and services of each individual regional system and shall not transfer appropriations out of any regional system that would result in a reduction of services offered by the regional system, with due regard for statutory requirements, changing conditions, the needs of the programs, and the effective utilization of resources; and
[(3)] (5) The
university and the department of education shall account for each transfer
implemented under this subsection in quarterly reports to the governor and
annual reports at the end of each fiscal year to the legislature and the
governor, which shall be prepared in the form and manner prescribed by the
governor and shall include information on the sources and uses of the transfer."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Department of Education; Appropriation Limitation; Transfer Funds
Description:
Provides that appropriations to the EDN 100 school-based budgeting program identifier shall not be transferred to any other program identifier of DOE; provides exceptions under certain circumstances. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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