Report Title:

Appropriation; Senior Centers

Description:

Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds for the planning, design, and construction of multi-purpose senior centers for island wide service to the elderly on the Big Island.

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

3097

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to elderS.

 

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

SECTION 1. The legislature finds that senior citizens benefit from, and deserve access to, senior centers that provide community-based services to elders. Although families have the primary responsibility for caring for their elder members, the legislature finds that the State can play a role in assisting families in their effort to care for their elders.

Multi-purpose senior centers typically provide health, social, nutritional, educational, and recreational programs and services for Hawaii's elders. These centers provide a great public demand as elders need to remain active in order to age with dignity and continue to live productive lives. The centers also alleviate the pressure to institutionalize elderly who are ambulatory, but need companionship and some assistance during the day while their families are at work.

The purpose of this Act is to authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds to the county of Hawaii's office of aging for the purpose of planning, design, and construction of multi-purpose senior centers; provided that funds appropriated by the State shall be matched by the county of Hawaii.

SECTION 2. The director of finance is authorized to issue general obligation bonds in the sum of $250,000, 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 2004-2005 to the county of Hawaii for the purpose of the planning, design, and construction of multi-purpose senior centers, to be matched by the county of Hawaii.

SECTION 3. The appropriation made for the capital improvement project authorized by this Act shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal biennium for which the appropriation is made; provided that all moneys from the appropriation unencumbered as of June 30, 2006, shall lapse as of that date.

SECTION 4. The sum appropriated shall be expended by the county of Hawaii for the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2004.

INTRODUCED BY:

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