THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

491

THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019

S.D. 2

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

 

 

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

 

     SECTION 1.  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, shall mean the following:

     AGR  Department of Agriculture

     "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.  Such letter symbols, where used, shall have the following meanings:

     A    general funds

     B    special funds

     C    general obligation bond fund

     D    general obligation bond fund with debt service cost to        be paid from special funds

     E    revenue bond funds

     J    federal aid interstate funds

     K    federal aid primary funds

     L    federal aid secondary funds

     M    federal aid urban funds

     N    federal funds

     P    other federal funds

     R    private contributions

     S    county funds

     T    trust funds

     U    interdepartmental transfers

     W    revolving funds

     X    other 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.

     SECTION 2.  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 in Act 49, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, as amended by Act 53, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, except as provided elsewhere in this Act or as provided by general law.

1.   AGR122/EB

 

ADD PERMANENT INVASIVE SPECIES SPECIALISTS TO SUPPORT THE HAWAII INTERAGENCY BIOSECURITY PLAN.

 

                                                  4.00*          4.00*

OPERATING                         AGR          103,908A       207,816A

 

2.   AGR132/DC

 

ADD ONE (1.00 FTE) PERMANENT LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR POSITION.

 

                                                  1.00*          1.00*

OPERATING                         AGR           18,138A        36,876A

 

3.   AGR192/AA

 

ADD PROGRAM SPECIALIST POSITION TO MANAGE THE FARM TO STATE PROGRAM.

 

                                                  1.00*          1.00*

OPERATING                         AGR           73,316A        73,316A

 

4.   AGR846/EE

 

ADD TEMPORARY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST POSITIONS TO SUPPORT THE PESTICIDES BRANCH AND MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF ACT 45, SLH 2018.

 

                                                  2.00#          2.00#

OPERATING                         AGR          157,123W       157,123W

 

     SECTION 3.  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 this 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 4.  If manifest clerical, typographical, or other mechanical errors are found in this Act, the governor may correct the errors.

     SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.

 

Report Title:

Budget; HDOA; Operating Expenses; Appropriation

 

Description:

Appropriates funds for operating expenses of the Department of Agriculture.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

 

 

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