HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1331

THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to THE BUDGET OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS.

 

 

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

 


PART I.  GENERAL PROVISIONS

     SECTION 1.  The purpose of this Act is to establish additional amounts to be appropriated or authorized and positions for the operating budget for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2021, for certain state executive branch programs under the purview of the house of representatives standing committee on intrastate commerce.

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

     "Expending agency" means the department of commerce and consumer affairs.

     Abbreviations, where used to denote the expending agency or a house of representatives standing committee, shall mean the following:

     CCA  Department of commerce and consumer affairs

     IAC  House of representatives standing committee on intrastate commerce

     "Means of financing" or "MOF" means the source from which funds are appropriated or authorized to be expended for the programs and projects specified in this Act.  All appropriations are followed by letter symbols.  The letter symbols, where used, shall have the following meanings:

     B    Special funds

     "Position ceiling" means the maximum number of permanent and temporary full-time equivalent positions authorized for a particular program during a specified period or periods, as denoted by an asterisk for permanent full-time equivalent positions and a pound sign for temporary full-time equivalent positions.

     "Program ID" means the unique identifier for the specific program and consists of the abbreviation for the organization responsible for carrying out the program followed by the organization number for the program.

PART II.  PROGRAM APPROPRIATIONS

     SECTION 3.  APPROPRIATIONS.  The following sums, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to accomplish the purposes and programs designated herein, are hereby appropriated or authorized, as the case may be, from the means of financing specified to the expending agencies designated for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2021.  The total expenditures and the number of positions in each fiscal year of the biennium shall not exceed the sums and the position ceilings indicated for each fiscal year, except as provided elsewhere in this Act or as provided by general law.


IAC - INTRASTATE COMMERCE

1.   CCA105 - PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSING DIVISION

                                                  2.00*          2.00*

OPERATING                         CCA          408,806B       408,806B

 


PART III.  PROGRAM APPROPRIATION PROVISIONS

     SECTION 4.  Provided that of the special fund appropriations for the professional and vocational licensing division (CCA105):

     (1)  The sum of $300,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2019-2020 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020-2021 shall be expended to fund software licensing costs to replace the professional and vocational licensing division's applicant/licensee integrated automated system; and

     (2)  The sum of $108,806 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2019-2020 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020-2021 shall be expended to fund two full-time equivalent (2.00 FTE) permanent positions that will perform work pertaining to Act 44, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018.


PART IV.  MISCELLANEOUS AND EFFECTIVE DATE

     SECTION 5.  If any portion of this Act or its application to any person, entity, or circumstance is held to be invalid for any reason, then the legislature declares that the remainder of the Act and each and every other provision thereof shall not be affected thereby.  If any portion of a specific appropriation is held to be invalid for any reason, the remaining portion shall be expended to fulfill the objective of the appropriation to the extent possible.

     SECTION 6.  If manifest clerical, typographical, or other mechanical errors are found in this Act, the governor may correct the errors.

     SECTION 7.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2019.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

State Operating Budget; DCCA Programs; CCA105; IAC

 

Description:

Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs professional and vocational licensing division under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Intrastate Commerce.

 

 

 

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