HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1360

THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019

H.D. 2

STATE OF HAWAII

S.D. 1

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO FISCAL BIENNIUM 2019-2021 BUDGET REQUESTS FOR 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 additional amounts to be appropriated or authorized and additional positions in the operating budget for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2021, for certain state executive branch programs of the department of commerce and consumer affairs.

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

     "Expending agency" means the department of commerce and consumer affairs.

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

CCA  Department of commerce and consumer affairs

     "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

P    Other federal 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 agency 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.

PROGRAM APPROPRIATIONS

 

 

APPROPRIATIONS

 

ITEM

NO.

PROG.

ID

PROGRAM

EXPENDING

AGENCY

FISCAL

YEAR

2019-2020

M

O

F

FISCAL

YEAR

2020-2021

M

O

F

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

 

ADD FUNDS FOR FIVE PERMANENT POSITIONS IN THE DIVISION OF THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE, INCLUDING ONE FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT (1.0 FTE) ATTORNEY; ONE FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT (1.0 FTE) ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST; AND THREE FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT (3.0 FTE) PROGRAM SPECIALISTS

 

                                                  5.00*          5.00*

OPERATING                         CCA          292,000B       584,000B

 

2.   CCA111 - BUSINESS REGISTRATION AND SECURITIES REGULATION

 

ADD FUNDS FOR THE CONVERSION OF ONE OFFICE ASSISTANT III POSITION TO A SECURITIES STAFF ATTORNEY POSITION

 

OPERATING                         CCA           83,368B        83,368B

 

3.   CCA901 - PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

 

ADD FUNDS FOR THE CONVERSION OF TWO TEMPORARY ENFORCEMENT POSITIONS, AS AUTHORIZED BY ACT 201, SLH 2018, TO PERMANENT POSITIONS

 

                                                  2.00*          2.00*

OPERATING                         CCA          200,240B       195,840B

 

    ADD FUNDS FOR FIVE PERMANENT POSITIONS IN THE DIVISION OF THE CONSUMER

ADVOCATE, INCLUDING ONE FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT (1.0 FTE) ATTORNEY; ONE FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT (1.0 FTE) ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST; AND THREE FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT (3.0 FTE) PROGRAM SPECIALISTS

 

                                                  5.00*          5.00*

OPERATING                         CCA          292,000B       584,000B

 

    4.     CCA102 - CABLE TELEVISION

 

                                                  8.00*          8.00*

OPERATING                         CCA       2,647,986B     2,647,986B

                                         CCA         815,007T        815,007T

 

 

PROGRAM APPROPRIATIONS

 

 

APPROPRIATIONS

 

ITEM

NO.

PROG.

ID

PROGRAM

EXPENDING

AGENCY

FISCAL

YEAR

2019-2020

M

O

F

FISCAL

YEAR

2020-2021

M

O

F

    5.     CCA104 – FINANCIAL SERVICES REGULATION

 

                                                          40.00*        40.00*

      OPERATING                           CCA         5,174,488B    5,174,488B

                                          CCA           110,000T      110,000T

 

    6.     CCA105 – PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSING

 

                                                          63.00*        63.00*

                                                          11.00#        11.00#

      OPERATING                           CCA         7,891,944B    7,891,944B

                                                           8.00*         8.00*

                                                           5.00#         5.00#

      OPERATING                           CCA         2,649,812T    2,649,812T

 

    7.     CCA106 – INSURANCE REGULATORY SERVICES

 

                                                          95.00*        95.00*

                                                           1.00#         1.00#

      OPERATING                           CCA        21,360,950B   19,360,950B

                                          CCA           200,000T      200,000T

                                                           6.00#         6.00#

                                          CCA           250,000P      250,000P

 

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 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 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, 2051.

 

Report Title:

State Operating Budget; DCCA Programs; CCA103; CCA111; CCA901; CCA102; CCA104; CCA105; CCA106

 

Description:

Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of certain Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs programs.  Effective 7/1/2051.  (SD1)

 

 

 

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