Report Title:

Disaster Relief; Major Disaster Fund; Appropriations

Description:

Raises the ceiling for the major disaster fund. Appropriates $2,000,000 from the general fund to be deposited into the major disaster fund.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2702

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2006

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO CIVIL DEFENSE.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 127-11, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§127-11 Major disaster fund. The director shall submit requests to the legislature to appropriate from the general revenues of the State sufficient moneys as may be necessary for expenditure by or under the direction of the governor for immediate relief in the event of the occurrence of any major disaster in any part of the State; provided that:

(1) The governor may not expend in excess of [$1,000,000] $2,000,000 for immediate relief of any single major disaster; and

(2) Provided further that in addition to the funds in paragraph (1), an additional $1,000,000 shall be available solely for the purpose of matching federal disaster relief funds when these funds become available following a presidential disaster declaration.

In expending the moneys, the governor may allot any portion thereof to any agency, office, or employee, federal, state, or county, for the more speedy and efficient relief of the conditions created by the disasters. The governor may determine whether a major disaster contemplated by this section has occurred, and any determination shall be conclusive."

SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $2,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2006-2007, which shall be deposited in the major disaster fund in the event of any major disaster in the state of Hawaii.

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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2006.

INTRODUCED BY:

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