THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2471
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO A STATE HOSPITAL.

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 $165,000,000 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 designing and constructing a new state mental hospital to replace the Hawaii state hospital in Kaneohe as follows:

     Department of health,

     Design and construction for new

     state mental health hospital.

          Design                                  $ 15,000,000

          Construction                            150,000,000

              Total funding                      $165,000,000

     SECTION 2.  The appropriation 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 appropriation unencumbered as of June 30, 2018, shall lapse as of that date.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2016.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Department of Health; Hawaii State Hospital; Mental Health; GO Bonds

Description:

Authorizes issuance of GO bonds.  Appropriates moneys for the design and construction of a new state mental health hospital to replace the Hawaii state hospital in Kaneohe.

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