Report Title:

B&F education funding; DOE permanent or exempt positions

 

Description:

Requires the department of budget and finance to submit to the legislature an annual report of education funding levels. Authorizes DOE to create permanent or exempt positions; provided the positions are reported to the legislature (in addition to B&F) on a quarterly basis, by category and program.

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1038

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2001

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to state financial administration.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 37-67, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"[[]§37-67[]] Responsibilities of the department of budget and finance. The director of finance shall assist the governor in the preparation, explanation, and administration of the state long-range plans, the proposed six-year program and financial plan and the state budget. To this end, subject to this part, the director shall:

(1) With the approval of the governor, develop procedures and prescribe rules and regulations to guide [such] the state agencies as may be assigned by the director the task of formulating and preparing the initial proposals with respect to long-range plans, program and financial plans, program budget requests and program performance reports and to assure the availability of information needed for effective policy decision-making[.];

(2) Assist such state agencies in the formulation of program objectives, preparation of program plans and program budget requests, and reporting of program performance[.];

(3) Coordinate, analyze, and revise as necessary the program objectives, long-range plans, program and financial plans, program budget requests and program performance reports initially proposed or prepared by [such] the state agencies and develop the state comprehensive program and financial plan, budget and program performance report[.];

(4) Administer its responsibilities under the program execution provisions of this part so that the policy decisions and budget determinations of the governor and the legislature are implemented to the fullest extent possible within the concepts of proper management[.];

(5) Investigate continuously the administration of the various agencies for the purpose of advising the governor and recommending to the governor, the legislature and the committees of the legislature concerning the duties of the various positions in these agencies, the methods of the agency, the standards of efficiency therein, and changes which in the director's judgment will produce greater effectiveness of programs and economy in the conduct of government programs and assist in the preparation of program and financial plans, budget requests and program performance reports[.];

(6) Submit to the legislature, prior to the convening of each regular session, an annual report of education funding levels, to include all legislative appropriations, executive restrictions, and transfers between executive agencies that support lower and higher education programs; provided that the report shall include all fund types and sources, for both operating and capital improvement budgets; and

[(6)] (7) Provide the legislature and any member or committee of either house of the legislature with [such] the documents and information as may be requested concerning the programs, budget, and fiscal and management operations of the State."

SECTION 2. Section 302A-1116, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"[[]§302A-1116[]] Authority to create [temporary] positions. The department may create temporary, permanent, or exempt positions as it deems necessary; provided that:

(1) The department's expenditures shall not exceed its allocated budget; and

(2) [The term of each position shall not exceed one year; and

(3)] The department shall report the creation of [temporary] the positions on a quarterly basis, by category and program, to the department of budget and finance[.] and to the legislature."

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval; provided that on June 30, 2005, section 2 of this Act shall be repealed and section 302A-1116, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is reenacted in the form in which it read on the day before the approval of this Act.

INTRODUCED BY:

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