Report Title:

Office of Hawaiian Affairs

Description:

Provides the operating budget of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs for fiscal years 2005-2006 and 2006-2007. (HB450 HD2)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

450

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005

H.D. 2

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO THE BUDGET OF THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.

 

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

SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to appropriate funds for the biennial budget of the office of Hawaiian affairs and this Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Office of Hawaiian Affairs Appropriations Act of 2005."

SECTION 2. Unless otherwise clear from the context, as used in this Act:

"Program ID" means the unique identifier of the specific program, and consists of the abbreviation for the office of Hawaiian affairs followed by a designated number for the program.

"Means of financing", or "MOF", means the source from which funds are appropriated or authorized, as the case may be, to be expended for the programs and projects specified in this Act. Letter symbols following appropriations have the following meanings:

A: General Funds

T: Trust Funds

"Position ceiling" means the maximum number of permanent positions authorized for a particular program during a specified period or periods, as noted by an asterisk.

SECTION 3. The following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes and programs designated herein, are appropriated or authorized, as the case may be, from the sources of funding specified to the office of Hawaiian affairs for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2005, and ending June 30, 2007. The total general fund expenditures and the number of permanent positions established in each fiscal year of the biennium shall not exceed the sums and the position ceiling indicated for each year, except as provided elsewhere in this Act.

PROGRAM APPROPRIATIONS

APPROPRIATIONS

ITEM

NO.

PROG.

ID

PROGRAM

EXPENDING

AGENCY

FISCAL

YEAR

2005-2006

M

O

F

FISCAL

YEAR

2006-2007

M

O

F

Hawaiian Affairs

1. OHA150 - OFFICE OF THE TRUSTEES

.63* .60*

OPERATING OHA 34,206A 34,206A

4.37* 4.40*

OHA 222,095T 232,508T

2. OHA160 - ADMINISTRATION

7.40* 7.12*

OPERATING OHA 963,488A 963,488A

29.60* 29.88*

OHA 2,272,648T 2,357,925T

3. OHA175 - BENEFICIARY ADVOCACY

2.40* 2.31*

OPERATING OHA 1,868,585A 1,868,585A

17.60* 17.69*

OHA 2,818,181T 2,869,991T

SECTION 4. Provided that the general fund appropriations in section 3 of this Act shall be expended by the office of Hawaiian affairs.

SECTION 5. Provided that of the funds appropriated for beneficiary advocacy (OHA 175), the sum of $365,000 in general funds and $365,000 in trust funds for fiscal year 2005-2006 and the sum of $365,000 in general funds and $365,000 in trust funds for fiscal year 2006-2007 shall be expended for services contracted to Alu Like, Inc.

SECTION 6. Provided that of the funds appropriated for beneficiary advocacy (OHA 175), the sum of $353,604 in general funds and $353,604 in trust funds for fiscal year 2005-2006 and the sum of $353,604 in general funds and $353,604 in trust funds for fiscal year 2006-2007 shall be expended for the gifted and talented native Hawaiian children program, Na Pua No`eau.

SECTION 7. Provided that of the funds appropriated for beneficiary advocacy (OHA 175), the sum of $592,302 in general funds and $592,302 in trust funds for fiscal year 2005-2006 and the sum of $592,302 in general funds and $592,302 in trust funds for fiscal year 2006-2007 shall be expended for the native Hawaiian rights and land title projects contractually administered through the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation.

SECTION 8. Provided that whenever the need arises, the administrator of the office of Hawaiian affairs is authorized to transfer sufficient funds and positions between programs for operating purposes; provided further that these transfers shall not be inconsistent with legislative intent; and provided further that a report of these fund transfers shall be made to the legislature no later than thirty days prior to the convening of the 2006 and 2007 regular sessions.

SECTION 9. In the event manifest clerical, typographical, or other mechanical errors are found in this Act, the board of trustees of the office of Hawaiian affairs is hereby authorized to correct such errors. All changes made pursuant to this section shall be reported to the legislature at its next session.

SECTION 10. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2005.