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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO PROGRAM EXECUTION.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 37-74, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(d)  No appropriation transfers or changes between program
 
 4 or agencies shall be made without legislative authorization;
 
 5 provided that:
 
 6      (1)  Authorized transfers or changes, when made, shall be
 
 7           reported to the legislature;
 
 8      (2)  Except with respect to appropriations to fund financing
 
 9           agreements under chapter 37D, the University of Hawaii
 
10           shall have the flexibility to transfer appropriated
 
11           funds and positions for the operating cost category
 
12           among programs, among cost elements in a program, and
 
13           between quarters, as applicable; and the Hawaii health
 
14           systems corporation shall have the flexibility to
 
15           transfer special fund appropriations among community
 
16           hospitals facilities as applicable; provided that the
 
17           Hawaii health systems corporation shall maintain the
 
18           integrity and services of each individual facility and
 
19           shall not transfer appropriations out of any facility
 

 
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 1           which would result in a reduction of services offered
 
 2           by the facility, with due regard for statutory
 
 3           requirements, changing conditions, the needs of the
 
 4           programs and the effective utilization of resources.[;
 
 5           and
 
 6      (3)  The university shall account for each transfer
 
 7           implemented under this subsection in quarterly reports
 
 8           to the governor and annual reports at the end of each
 
 9           fiscal year to the legislature and the governor, which
 
10           shall be prepared in the form and manner prescribed by
 
11           the governor and shall include information on the
 
12           sources and uses of the transfer.]"
 
13      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
14 New statutory material is underscored.
 
15      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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17                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________
 

 
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