Report Title:

Judiciary; JIMS Computer Project

Description:

Makes an emergency appropriation for the judiciary's JIMS computer project.

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

1864

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION OUT OF THE JUDICIARY COMPUTER SYSTEM SPECIAL FUND.

 

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

SECTION 1. This Act is recommended by the governor for immediate passage in accordance with article VII, section 9 of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii.

SECTION 2. The purpose of this Act is to increase the appropriation of the judiciary computer system special fund for fiscal year 2004-2005 by $1,500,000, in order to allow the judiciary to pay for unanticipated hardware and infrastructure expenses for the judiciary information management system project, as well as unanticipated expenses involved in converting data from the antiquated TRAVIS case management system to the judiciary information management system.

Without this appropriation, the judiciary information management system traffic module would be delayed, which would cause several negative ramifications for the judiciary and other state and county agencies, including:

(1) The judiciary would incur delay costs under its vendor contract;

(2) The current infrastructure would be inadequate to support all the users in the judiciary and external agencies requiring access to the system;

(3) Federal funding would be jeopardized for the planned judiciary, city and county of Honolulu division of motor vehicles, and state department of transportation’s joint compliance with the federal requirement to capture information about commercial drivers licenses beginning September, 2005, which would have been fulfilled through the judiciary information management system traffic module.

SECTION 3. There is appropriated out of the judiciary computer system special fund for fiscal year 2004-2005, the sum of $1,500,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to be used to purchase additional hardware, upgrade and replace the judiciary's network infrastructure, pay for the unanticipated expenses involved in converting data from the judiciary's antiquated TRAVIS case management system to the judiciary information management system, and pay for other expenses necessary to ensure the success of the judiciary information management system project.

The sum appropriated under this Act shall be in addition to the sums appropriated under Act 120, Session Laws of Hawaii 2003, as amended by Act 38, Session Laws of Hawaii 2004.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the judiciary for the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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