HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

759

THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019

H.D. 2

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS.

 

 

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

 

PART I.  GENERAL PROVISIONS

     SECTION 1.  The purpose of this Act is to establish the operating budget for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2021, for state executive branch programs under the purview of the house of representatives standing committee on consumer protection and commerce.

     SECTION 2.  DEFINITIONS.  Unless otherwise clear from the context, as used in this Act:

     "Expending agency" means the executive department, independent commission, bureau, office, board, or other establishment of the state government (other than the legislature, office of Hawaiian affairs, and judiciary), the political subdivisions of the State, or any quasi-public institution supported in whole or in part by state funds, which is authorized to expend specified appropriations made by this Act.

     Abbreviations, where used to denote the expending agency or a standing committee of the house of representatives, shall mean the following:

     CCA  Department of commerce and consumer affairs

     CPC  House of representatives standing committee on consumer protection and commerce

     "Means of financing" or "MOF" means the source from which funds are appropriated or authorized to be expended for the programs and projects specified in this Act.  All appropriations are followed by letter symbols.  The letter symbols, where used, shall have the following meanings:

     B    Special funds

     T    Trust funds

     "Position ceiling" means the maximum number of permanent and temporary full-time equivalent positions authorized for a particular program during a specified period or periods, as denoted by an asterisk for permanent full-time equivalent positions and a pound sign for temporary full-time equivalent positions.

     "Program ID" means the unique identifier for the specific program and consists of the abbreviation for the organization responsible for carrying out the program followed by the organization number for the program.

PART II.  PROGRAM APPROPRIATIONS

     SECTION 3.  APPROPRIATIONS.  The following sums, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to accomplish the purposes and programs designated herein, are hereby appropriated or authorized, as the case may be, from the means of financing specified to the expending agencies designated for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2021.  The total expenditures and the number of positions in each fiscal year of the biennium shall not exceed the sums and the position ceilings indicated for each fiscal year, except as provided elsewhere in this Act or as provided by general law.

CPC - CONSUMER PROTECTION & COMMERCE

1.   CCA103 - CONSUMER ADVOCATE FOR COMMUNICATION, UTILITIES, AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES

 

REMOVED (2.0) POSITIONS AND CORRESPONDING FUNDS

(2) PUBLIC UTILITIES RATE ANALYST V (#15098, #21377)

 

                                                 21.00*         21.00*

OPERATING                         CCA        4,098,045B     4,098,045B

 

2.   CCA110 - OFFICE OF CONSUMER PROTECTION

                                                 18.00*         18.00*

                                                  2.00#          2.00#

OPERATING                         CCA        2,684,968B     2,684,968B

                                  CCA          100,681T       100,681T

 

3.   CCA901 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

                                                 65.00*         65.00*

OPERATING                         CCA       15,470,219B    15,470,219B

PART III.  MISCELLANEOUS AND EFFECTIVE DATE

     SECTION 4.  If any portion of this Act or its application to any person, entity, or circumstance is held to be invalid for any reason, then the legislature declares that the remainder of the Act and each and every other provision thereof shall not be affected thereby.  If any portion of a specific appropriation is held to be invalid for any reason, the remaining portion shall be expended to fulfill the objective of the appropriation to the extent possible.

     SECTION 5.  If manifest clerical, typographical, or other mechanical errors are found in this Act, the governor may correct the errors.

     SECTION 6.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2030.

 

Report Title:

State Operating Budget; DCCA; Consumer Advocate; Office of Consumer Protection; Public Utilities Commission; CCA103; CCA110; CCA901; CPC

 

Description:

Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs programs under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.  (HB759 HD2)

 

 

 

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