THE SENATE                           S.R. NO.              59
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                    SENATE  RESOLUTION

  REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR AND THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND
    FINANCE TO CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARINGS ON RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED
    ON DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY BUDGET ALLOCATIONS. 


 1        WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that in order for state
 2   agencies to operate efficiently, moneys appropriated for these
 3   state agencies by the Legislature must be fully released and
 4   made available to these agencies in a timely manner; and
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 6        WHEREAS, the Administration's practice of withholding
 7   funds from state agencies contained in the executive budget
 8   severely curtails the agencies' ability to meet their goals and
 9   objectives; and
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11        WHEREAS, the Legislature believes that it is inappropriate
12   for the Governor or the Director of Finance to restrict moneys
13   contained in the executive budget; since the budget is passed
14   by the Legislature and is balanced according to the
15   Constitution of the State of Hawaii; now, therefore,
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17        BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twentieth Legislature
18   of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2000, that prior to
19   the implementation of any restriction on department and agency
20   budget allocations, the Governor or Director of Finance,
21   whomever is proposing the restriction, is requested to hold a
22   public hearing on the restriction, subject to chapter 92,
23   Hawaii Revised Statutes, in the practice of democracy,
24   involving the citizens of the State of Hawaii; and
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26        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this
27   Resolution be transmitted to the Office of the Governor and the
28   Director of Finance.
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