Report Title:

Hawaii County Package; Disaster Relief; Appropriation

 

Description:

Appropriates funds as matching funds to maximize available federal reimbursements to assist the County of Hawaii with earthquake recovery efforts.  (HB2207 HD1)

 


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2207

TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR DISASTER RELIEF.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that the earthquake of October 2006 caused great damage in the county of Hawaii.  Although the legislature passed an emergency appropriation in 2007, the county of Hawaii still requires additional state assistance to enable it to receive matching federal funds.  The purpose of this Act is to assist the county of Hawaii in its efforts to recover from the October 2006 earthquake by maximizing available federal reimbursements.

     SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $      or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008-2009 to support disaster relief in the county of Hawaii, as follows:

     (1)  $      as local matching funds for Federal Highway Administration funds;

     (2)  $      as local matching funds for general Federal Emergency Management Agency funds; and

     (3)  $      as local matching funds for Federal Emergency Management Agency funds available to the county of Hawaii department of water supply.

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

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2020.