Report Title:

Capital Improvement Projects; Fiscal Stimulus

 

Description:

Appropriates $50,000,000 in general obligation bond funds for state capital improvement projects within each county; provided that no funds shall be expended unless the relevant county appropriates $50,000,000 for county capital improvement projects.

 


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1218

TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT


 

 

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  The purpose of this Act is to make appropriations for state capital improvement projects located within the boundaries of each county and to leverage an equivalent appropriation by each county for county capital improvement projects.

     SECTION 2.  For the purposes of this Act:

     "County infrastructure and facilities" means infrastructure and facilities under the ownership or jurisdiction of a county government or county agency.

     "Improvement" includes the following:  development of new infrastructure or facilities; renovation, reconstruction, or rehabilitation of existing infrastructure and facilities; repair and maintenance of existing infrastructure and facilities; and installation of renewable energy or energy conservation equipment in infrastructure and facilities.

     "State infrastructure and facilities" means infrastructure and facilities under the ownership or jurisdiction of the state government or state agency.

     SECTION 3.  (a)  The director of finance is authorized to issue general obligation bonds in the sum of $50,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary is appropriated for fiscal year 2009-2010 for planning, design, construction, and equipment for improvements to state infrastructure and facilities within the boundaries of the city and county of Honolulu; provided that none of the funds shall be expended unless the director makes the finding required under subsection (b).

     (b)  The funds appropriated under subsection (a) shall be expended only if the director of finance finds that the city and county of Honolulu has appropriated at least $50,000,000 in county funds for fiscal year 2009-2010 for planning, design, construction, and equipment for improvements to county infrastructure and facilities.  In determining whether this requirement has been met, the director of finance shall liberally construe the relevant county appropriation in favor of satisfaction of the requirement.  The director's finding shall be conclusive.

     SECTION 4.  (a)  The director of finance is authorized to issue general obligation bonds in the sum of $50,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary is appropriated for fiscal year 2009-2010 for planning, design, construction, and equipment for improvements to state infrastructure and facilities within the boundaries of the county of Maui; provided that none of the funds shall be expended unless the director makes the finding required under subsection (b).

     (b)  The funds appropriated under subsection (a) shall be expended only if the director of finance finds that the county of Maui has appropriated at least $50,000,000 in county funds for fiscal year 2009-2010 for planning, design, construction, and equipment for improvements to county infrastructure and facilities.  In determining whether this requirement has been met, the director of finance shall liberally construe the relevant county appropriation in favor of satisfaction of the requirement.  The director's finding shall be conclusive.

     SECTION 5.  (a)  The director of finance is authorized to issue general obligation bonds in the sum of $50,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary is appropriated for fiscal year 2009-2010 for planning, design, construction, and equipment for improvements to state infrastructure and facilities within the boundaries of the county of Hawaii; provided that none of the funds shall be expended unless the director makes the finding required under subsection (b).

     (b)  The funds appropriated under subsection (a) shall be expended only if the director of finance finds that the county of Hawaii has appropriated at least $50,000,000 in county funds for fiscal year 2009-2010 for planning, design, construction, and equipment for improvements to county infrastructure and facilities.  In determining whether this requirement has been met, the director of finance shall liberally construe the relevant county appropriation in favor of satisfaction of the requirement.  The director's finding shall be conclusive.

     SECTION 6.  (a)  The director of finance is authorized to issue general obligation bonds in the sum of $50,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary is appropriated for fiscal year 2009-2010 for planning, design, construction, and equipment for improvements to state infrastructure and facilities within the boundaries of the county of Kauai; provided that none of the funds shall be expended unless the director makes the finding required under subsection (b).

     (b)  The funds appropriated under subsection (a) shall be expended only if the director of finance finds that the county of Kauai has appropriated at least $50,000,000 in county funds for fiscal year 2009-2010 for planning, design, construction, and equipment for improvements to county infrastructure and facilities.  In determining whether this requirement has been met, the director of finance shall liberally construe the relevant county appropriation in favor of satisfaction of the requirement.  The director's finding shall be conclusive.

     SECTION 7.  The appropriation of state funds for the state capital improvement projects authorized under sections 3, 4, 5, and 6 of this Act shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made; provided that all moneys from the appropriation unencumbered as of June 30, 2011, shall lapse as of that date.

     SECTION 8.  The state funds appropriated under sections 3, 4, 5, and 6 of this Act shall be expended by the department of budget and finance for the purposes of this Act; provided that, for particular projects under the jurisdiction of another department, the department of budget and finance may delegate the expenditure authority to that department.

     Nothing in this Act shall prevent the expenditure of the state funds appropriated under sections 3, 4, 5, and 6 of this Act for the improvement of state infrastructure and facilities, the debt service for which is normally paid from special funds.

     SECTION 9.  The director of finance may use the state funds appropriated under sections 3, 4, 5, and 6 of this Act to match federal funds that are appropriated for capital improvement projects in the State of Hawaii under any federal fiscal stimulus legislation.

     SECTION 10.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2009.

 

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