REPORT TITLE:
Welfare Reform


DESCRIPTION:
Authorizes DHS to keep rollover funds from general assistance.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.2658
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO GENERAL ASSISTANCE.



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

 1      SECTION 1.  Chapter 37, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended
 
 2 by adding a new section to part III to be appropriately
 
 3 designated and to read as follows:
 
 4      "�37-     Department of human services; carry-over of funds.
 
 5 (a)  The department of human services may retain any
 
 6 appropriation for general assistance to households without minor
 
 7 dependents at the close of a fiscal year and the funds retained
 
 8 shall not lapse until June 30 of the first fiscal year of the
 
 9 next fiscal biennium; provided that the funds shall first be
 
10 expended on each eligible recipient to the maximum provided by
 
11 law.  The department of human services shall submit a report to
 
12 the director of finance by the close of the first fiscal year,
 
13 identifying the total amount of funds that will carry-over to the
 
14 second fiscal year with a copy of the report to the legislature
 
15 at least twenty days prior to the convening of the next regular
 
16 session of the legislature.
 
17      (b)  Any appropriation retained in accordance with
 
18 subsection (a) shall be used exclusively for general assistance
 

 
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 1 to households without minor dependents; provided that the
 
 2 retention of an appropriation shall not be used as a basis for
 
 3 reducing future budget requirements."
 
 4      SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.
 
 5      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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 7                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________