HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2260
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to health.

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

     SECTION 1.  The director of finance is authorized to issue general obligation bonds in the sum of $21,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary is appropriated for fiscal year 2016-2017 for the purpose of planning, designing, and constructing a new patient facility at the Hawaii state hospital.

     SECTION 2.  The director of finance is authorized to issue general obligation bonds in the sum of $21,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary is appropriated for fiscal year 2017-2018 for the purpose of planning, designing, and constructing a new patient facility at the Hawaii state hospital.

     SECTION 3.  The director of finance is authorized to issue general obligation bonds in the sum of $118,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary is appropriated for fiscal year 2018-2019 for the purpose of planning, designing, and constructing a new patient facility at the Hawaii state hospital.

     SECTION 4.  The sums appropriated pursuant to this Act shall be expended by the department of health for the purposes of this Act; provided that the department of health may transfer funds between planning, design, and construction cost categories as it deems appropriate for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 5.  The appropriations made for the capital improvement project authorized by this Act shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal biennium for which the appropriation is made; provided that all moneys from the appropriations unencumbered as of June 30, 2019, shall lapse as of that date.

     SECTION 6.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2016.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Hawaii State Hospital; Appropriation; General Obligation Bonds

Description:

Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds from fiscal years 2016-2017, 2017-2018, and 2018-2019 for the design and construction of a new patient facility at the Hawaii state hospital.

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