THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

923

THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019

S.D. 2

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES.

 

 

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:

LNR  Department of land and natural resources

     "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:

      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.   LNR101/EA - PUBLIC LANDS MANAGEMENT

 

ADD ONE (1.00) TEMPORARY POSITION AND FUNDS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE COORDINATOR (SALARY:  $65,000; OTHERS:  $40,000) FROM ACT 32, SLH 2017, AND ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES (PLANNING:  $100,000).

 

                                                  1.00#          1.00#

OPERATING                         LNR          205,000A       205,000A

 

2.   LNR172/DA - FORESTRY - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

 

CHANGE MOF FROM OTHER FEDERAL FUNDS TO GENERAL FUNDS FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS:  PERMANENT FORESTER V (#12464) AND TEMPORARY NURSERY WORKER I (#121614).  FRINGE:  $70,906.

 

OPERATING                         LNR        [189,082P]     [189,082P]

                                               118,176A       118,176A

 

3.   LNR402/DA - NATIVE RESOURCES AND FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM

 

CHANGE MOF FROM OTHER FEDERAL FUNDS TO GENERAL FUNDS:  TEMPORARY PLANNER V (#122002), TEMPORARY WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST V (#122264), PERMANENT FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE TECHNICIAN IV (#46948 0.50 FTE), AND PERMANENT FORESTER V (#118212 0.50 FTE).

 

OPERATING                         LNR        [161,317A]     [161,317A]

                                                [1.00*]        [1.00*]

                                                [2.00#]        [2.00#]

                                  LNR        [258,107P]     [258,107P]

                                                  1.00*          1.00*

                                                  2.00#          2.00#

                                  LNR          161,317A       161,317A

 


4.   LNR402/DA - NATIVE RESOURCES AND FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM

 

ADD TEN (10.00) PERMANENT POSITIONS AND FUNDS TO REMOVE INVASIVE SPECIES IN FORESTS, PER HAWAII INTERAGENCY BIOSECURITY PLAN:  (2) NATURAL AREA RESERVES SPECIALIST IV, SR22, KAUAI; (4) FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE TECHNICIAN IV, SR13, MAUI (2) AND HAWAII; (2) FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE WORKER II, BC05, FOR MAUI AND OAHU; FORESTER V, SR24, FOR ADMIN; FORESTER III, SR 20, FOR OAHU; AND $172,368 FOR OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES.

 

                                                 10.00*         10.00*

OPERATING                         LNR          394,110A       615,852A

 

5.   LNR402/DA - NATIVE RESOURCES AND FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM

 

ADD FUNDS FOR FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE.

 

OPERATING                         LNR          300,000A       300,000A

 

6.   LNR402/DA - NATIVE RESOURCES AND FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM

 

ADD FUNDS FOR RAPID OHIA DEATH RESPONSE.

 

OPERATING                         LNR          500,000A       500,000A

 

7.   LNR402/DA - NATIVE RESOURCES AND FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM

 

ADD FUNDS FOR THE HAWAII INVASIVE SPECIES COUNCIL PER HAWAII INTERAGENCY BIOSECURITY PLAN.

 

OPERATING                         LNR          972,000A       972,000A

 

8.   LNR405/HA - CONSERVATION AND RESOURCES ENFORCEMENT

 

CONVERT COMMUNITY FISHERIES ENFORCEMENT UNIT'S POSITIONS FROM TEMPORARY TO PERMANENT.

 

                                               [12.00#]       [12.00#]

                                                  6.00*          6.00*

 


9.   LNR405/HA - CONSERVATION AND RESOURCES ENFORCEMENT

 

ADD ONE (1.00) PERMANENT POSITION AND FUNDS FOR A PROGRAM SPECIALIST IV POSITION TO SUPPORT THE DIVISION OF CONSERVATION AND RESOURCES ENFORCEMENT'S ADMINISTRATIVE PROGRAMS, OPERATIONS, AND MAKAI WATCH PROGRAM AND OPERATIONAL COSTS.

 

                                                  1.00*          1.00*

OPERATING                         LNR           77,956A        69,456A

 

10.  LNR802/HP - HISTORIC PRESERVATION

 

ADD FUNDS FOR DIGITALIZATION OF RECORD, FILES, ETC.

 

OPERATING                         LNR          150,000A       100,000A

 

11.  LNR804/DA - FOREST AND OUTDOOR RECREATION

 

CHANGE MOF FROM SPECIAL FUNDS TO GENERAL FUNDS FOR THE FOLLOWING PERMANENT POSITIONS:  FORESTER IV (#47599 0.50 FTE), TRAILS AND ACCESS SPECIALIST V (#47596 0.50 FTE), TRAILS AND ACCESS SPECIALIST V (#47597 0.50 FTE), TRAILS AND ACCESS SPECIALIST V (#52396), AND FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE WORKER II (#117719).

 

OPERATING                         LNR        [348,960B]     [348,960B]

                                               218,100A       218,100A

 

12.  LNR806/FA - PARKS ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION

 

ADD FUNDS FOR FOUR CURRENT COUNTY LIFEGUARD SERVICES CONTRACT AND ONE NEW COUNTY LIFEGUARD SERVICE CONTRACT.

 

OPERATING                         LNR        1,546,456A     1,546,456A

 

13.  LNR906/AA - LNR - NATURAL AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

 

ADDS FUNDS FOR THE AHA MOKU ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

 

OPERATING                         LNR          100,000A       100,000A

 


14.  LNR906/AA - LNR - NATURAL AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

 

CHANGE MOF FROM TRUST FUNDS TO GENERAL FUNDS FOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF AHA MOKU (#120897).

 

OPERATING                         LNR        [152,871T]     [152,871T]

                                                78,000A        78,000A

 

15.  LNR906/AA - LNR - NATURAL AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

 

ADD ONE (1.00) TEMPORARY POSITION AND FUNDS FOR THE CULTURAL RESOURCE PROJECT COORDINATOR ($53,000) AND OTHER OPERATING EXPENDITURES ($100,000) FROM ACT 140, SLH 2018.

 

                                                  1.00#          1.00#

OPERATING                         LNR          153,000A       153,000A



     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.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 6.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.



 

Report Title:

Budget; DLNR; Operating Expenses; Appropriation

 

Description:

Appropriates funds for operating expenses of the Department of Land and Natural Resources.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

 

 

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