Report Title:

Budget Restrictions or Withholdings; Allotments; Grant-in-Aid

Description:

Requires notice by the Governor to recipients of grants under chapter 42F on the status of unreleased grants. (HB1672 CD1)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1672

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005

S.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

C.D. 1


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO THE BUDGET.

 

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§42F- Grants; release by the governor. If a grant awarded by the legislature pursuant to this chapter is not allocated or released by the governor within ninety days of the effective date of the legislation awarding the grant, the governor shall notify, in the manner prescribed in section 1-28.5, the recipient of the unreleased grant on the status of whether the grant is still pending or will not be released. The governor shall provide the notice once every quarterly allotment period (as the periods are defined in section 37-32), beginning on the ninety-first day after the effective date of the legislation awarding the grant and until a final determination is made on the status of the grant."

SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.