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THE SENATE |
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to DISASTER RELIEF.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Act 12, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, is amended by amending by amending section 5 to read as follows:
"SECTION
5. (a) There is appropriated out of the general
revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $100,000,000 or so much thereof as
may be necessary for fiscal year 2017-2018 to protect the health, safety, and
welfare of the people, and provide relief from disaster damages, losses, and
suffering caused by the extraordinary weather event that produced torrential
rains and resultant flooding in the county of Kauai in April 2018[.] or
to implement mitigation measures to prevent and minimize the impacts of current
or future flooding in areas affected by the April 2018 flooding on Kauai.
The sum
appropriated shall be allotted to the department of defense and expended by the
adjutant general solely for the express stated purposes of this part; provided
that the moneys appropriated pursuant to this section shall not lapse at the
end of the fiscal year for which the moneys have been appropriated; provided
further that any moneys appropriated pursuant to this section that are
unencumbered as of June 30, [2019,] 2020, shall lapse on that
date[.]; provided further that the moneys appropriated pursuant to
this section shall be exempt from section 37-74(d), Hawaii Revised Statutes.
(b) As used in this section, "mitigation measures" means the reduction of harm from future flooding events through structural and nonstructural actions, interventions, and investments."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon approval.
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Report Title:
State Budget; Disaster Relief; Kauai; Flooding; Mitigation; Extension of Appropriation
Description:
Amends the Kauai flooding disaster relief appropriation made in Act 12, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, to include flood mitigation measures. Extends the lapse date of the appropriation to June 30, 2020. Exempts the appropriation from certain restrictions on transfers of or changes to appropriations.
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