HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1563

THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM.

 

 

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 the operating budget for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2021, for state executive branch programs under the purview of the house of representatives standing committee on economic development and business.

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

     "Expending agency" means the executive department, independent commission, bureau, office, board, or other establishment of the state government (other than the legislature, office of Hawaiian affairs, and judiciary), the political subdivisions of the State, or any quasi‑public institution supported in whole or in part by state funds, which is authorized to expend specified appropriations made by this Act.

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

     BED  department of business, economic development, and tourism

     EDB  House of representatives standing committee on economic development and business.

     "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:

     A    General funds

     B    Special funds

     P    Other federal funds

     W    Revolving 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.


EDB - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & BUSINESS

1.   BED100 - STRATEGIC MARKETING AND SUPPORT

                                                 10.00*         10.00*

                                                  1.00#          1.00#

OPERATING                         BED                 A              A

                                  BED                 W              W

                                  BED                 P              P

 

2.   BED105 - CREATIVE INDUSTRIES DIVISION

                                                 15.00*         15.00*

OPERATING                         BED                 A              A

                                  BED                 B              B

 

3.   BED107 - FOREIGN TRADE ZONE

                                                 17.00*         17.00*

OPERATING                         BED                 B              B

 

4.   BED128 - OFFICE OF AEROSPACE

                                                  1.00#          1.00#

OPERATING                         BED                 A              A

                                  BED                 B              B

 

5.   BED130 - ECONOMIC PLANNING AND RESEARCH

                                                 14.00*         14.00*

OPERATING                         BED                 A              A

 

6.   BED142 - GENERAL SUPPORT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

                                                 27.00*         27.00*

                                                  1.00#          1.00#

OPERATING                         BED                 A              A

 

7.   BED143 - HAWAII TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

                                                  1.50*          1.50*

                                                  3.75#          3.75#

OPERATING                         BED                 A              A

                                                  1.50*          1.50*

                                                  6.25#          6.25#

                                  BED                 B              B

                                  BED        1,500,000W     1,500,000W

                                                  9.00#          9.00#

                                  BED                 P              P

 

8.   BED145 - HAWAII STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

OPERATING                         BED                 B              B

                                                  1.00#          1.00#

                                  BED                 W              W

 

9.   BED146 - NATURAL ENERGY LABORATORY OF HAWAII AUTHORITY

                                                 22.00#         22.00#

OPERATING                         BED                 B              B


SECTION 4.  There following sums are appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii, to be expended by the department of business, economic development, and tourism for the purposes of this Act:

     (1)  $         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 for the transfer from OCE to personal services (BED 145);

     (2)  $         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 for Hawaii technology development corporation operational funding (BED 143);

     (3)  $         or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2019-2020 and $         or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020-2021 for a creative lab coworking space and studio at the entrepreneurs sandbox and foreign trade zone (BED 105);

     (4)  $         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 for a creative lab coworking space and studio at the entrepreneurs sandbox and foreign trade zone (BED 105);

     (5)  $         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 for funding international student attraction (BED 100);

     (6)  $         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 for reinstatement of creative lab funding (BED 105);

     (7)  $         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 for matching funds for United States Small Business Administration Grant (BED 100);

     (8)  $         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 for the small business regulatory review board (BED 142);

     (9)  $         or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2019-2020 and $         or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020-2021 for one accountant IV position (BED 105);

    (10)  $         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 to fund Hawaii small business innovation research program phase II and III (BED 143);

    (11)  $         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 for the manufacturing assistance program (BED 143);

    (12)  $         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 for the excelerator program (BED 143);

    (13)  $         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 for the Hawaii office of naval research program (BED 143);

    (14)  $         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 for fringe benefits to reach a sixty per cent rate (BED 107);

    (15)  $         or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2019-2020 and $         or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020-2021 for one cable landing project manager position (BED 142);

    (16)  $         or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2019-2020 and $         or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020-2021 to establish an office in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China to promote trade in Hawaii (BED 100);

    (17)  $         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 for retention of the Taipei office, with costs shared with the Taiwan government (BED 100);

    (18)  $         or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2019-2020 and $         or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020-2021 to reinstate a position for marketing and certification FOTR enterprise zone and opportunity zone programs (BED 100); and

    (19)  $         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 for census outreach support to obtain more federal funding (BED 130).

PART III.  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, 2112.



Report Title:

State Operating Budget; Economic Development; BED100; BED105, BED107; BED128; BED130; BED142; BED 143; BED 145; BED 146

 

Description:

Appropriates funds for the fiscal biennium 2019-2021 operating budget of the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism programs under the purview of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economic Development and Business.  (HB1563 HD1)

 

 

 

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