REPORT TITLE:
Health


DESCRIPTION:
Corrects the fiscal year reference in section 6 of Act 304,
Session Laws of Hawaii 1999, to permit the appropriation of
moneys from the Hawaii Tobacco Settlement Special Fund to the
Department of Health for fiscal year 1999-2000. ( HB2551 HD1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                H.B. NO.           H.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO THE CORRECTION OF THE APPLICABLE FISCAL YEAR FOR THE
   APPROPRIATION TO BE EXPENDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN
   SECTION 6 OF ACT 304, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 1999.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  This Act is recommended by the governor for
 
 2 immediate passage in accordance with section 9 of article VII of
 
 3 the Constitution of the State of Hawaii.
 
 4      SECTION 2.  The purpose of this Act is to correct the fiscal
 
 5 year reference in section 6 of Act 304, Session Laws of Hawaii
 
 6 1999, to permit the appropriation of $5,055,665 from the Hawaii
 
 7 tobacco settlement special fund to the department of health for
 
 8 fiscal year 1999-2000.
 
 9      SECTION 3.  Act 304, Session Laws of Hawaii 1999, is amended
 
10 by amending section 6 to read as follows:
 
11      "SECTION 6.  There is appropriated out of the Hawaii tobacco
 
12 settlement special fund the sum of $5,055,665[,] or so much
 
13 thereof as may be necessary[,] for fiscal year [1999-2001,] 1999-
 
14 2000 and the sum of $13,506,527[,] or so much thereof as may be
 
15 necessary[,] for fiscal year 2000-2001[,] to the department of
 
16 health to be expended for the purposes specified in section
 
17    -4, Hawaii Revised Statutes.  The sums appropriated shall be
 
18 expended by the department of health.
 

 
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 1      Of the appropriation for fiscal [years] year 1999-2000, up
 
 2 to the sum of $1,400,000, and for fiscal year 2000-2001, up to
 
 3 the sum of $3,859,000, shall be transferred to the department of
 
 4 human services to be expended for the children's health insurance
 
 5 program; provided that the amount of moneys to be transferred
 
 6 shall not exceed the amount of moneys needed by the [childrens]
 
 7 children's health insurance program."
 
 8      SECTION 4.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
 9 New statutory material is underscored.
 
10      SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.