Report Title:

Judiciary; Appropriations

 

Description:

Appropriates funds to the Judiciary for fiscal biennium 2009-2010

 


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

300

TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT


 

 

RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY.

 

 

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

 


PART I.  GENERAL PROVISIONS

     SECTION 1.  This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Judiciary Appropriations Act of 2009.

     SECTION 2.  Unless otherwise clear from the context, as used in this Act:

     (a)  "Program ID" means the unique identifier for the specific program, and consists of the abbreviation for the judiciary (JUD) followed by a designated number for the program.

     (b)  "Means of Financing", or "MOF", means the source from which funds are appropriated, or authorized, as the case may be, to be expended for the programs and projects specified in this Act.  All appropriations are followed by letter symbols.  The letter symbols, where used, shall have the following meanings:

     A    General funds

     B    Special funds

C    General obligation bond funds

     N    Other federal funds

     W    Revolving funds

     (c)  "Position ceiling" means the maximum number of permanent positions authorized for a particular program during a specified period or periods, as noted by an asterisk.

PART II.  PROGRAM APPROPRIATIONS

     SECTION 3.  The following sums, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to accomplish the purposes and programs designated herein, are appropriated or authorized from the sources of funding specified to the judiciary for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2011.  The total expenditures and the number of permanent positions established in each fiscal year of the fiscal biennium shall not exceed the sums and the position ceilings indicated for each year, except as provided in this Act.



PROGRAM APPROPRIATIONS

                                       A P P R O P R I A T I O N S

 

                                        FISCAL   M       FISCAL   M

ITEM   PROG.  PROGRAM     EXPENDING      YEAR    O        YEAR    O

 NO.     ID                  AGENCY      2009-10   F       2010-11  F

 

The Judicial System

 

  1. JUD101 - COURTS OF APPEAL

                                           80.00  *        80.00  *

      OPERATING               JUD      7,566,428  A    7,631,540  A

                              JUD        243,261  W      243,261  W

 

  2. JUD310 – FIRST CIRCUIT

                                         1098.50  *      1098.50  *

      OPERATING               JUD     79,512,933  A   80,540,640  A

                                           40.00  *        40.00  *

                              JUD      3,777,131  B    3,784,971  B

 

  3. JUD320 – SECOND CIRCUIT

                                          220.00  *       220.00  *

      OPERATING               JUD     16,616,351  A   16,914,207  A

 

  4. JUD330 – THIRD CIRCUIT

                                          229.00  *       229.00  *

      OPERATING               JUD     19,578,412  A   19,733,694  A

 

  5. JUD350 – FIFTH CIRCUIT

                                           98.00  *        98.00  *

      OPERATING               JUD      7,812,771  A    8,047,096  A

 

  6. JUD501 – JUDICIAL SELECTION COMMISSION

                                            1.00  *         1.00  *

      OPERATING               JUD         99,292  A       99,292  A

 

  7. JUD601 - ADMINISTRATION

                                          228.00  *       228.00  *

      OPERATING               JUD     24,245,676  A   25,547,229  A

                                            1.00  *         1.00  *

                              JUD      8,396,900  B    6,930,290  B

                              JUD          100,000   W        100,000   W

       INVESTMENT CAPITAL         JUD       14,575,000   C    28,000,000   C


PART III.  PROGRAM PROVISIONS

     SECTION 4.  Provided that whenever the need arises, the chief justice, in administering an equitable and expeditious judicial process, is authorized to transfer sufficient funds and positions between programs for operating purposes; and provided further that no transfer shall be made to implement any collective bargaining contract signed after this legislature adjourns sine die.

     SECTION 5.  Provided that if the chief justice, or any agency, or any government unit secures federal funds or other property under any act of Congress, or any funds or other property from private organizations or individuals which are to be expended in connection with any program or works authorized by this Act, or otherwise, the chief justice, or the agency with the chief justice's approval, shall have the power to enter into the undertaking with the federal government, private organization, or individual; and provided further that while most federal aid allocations are known and state matching funds are provided in this Act, in instances where programs for which federal-state cost sharing is not yet determined, the availability of federal funds shall be construed as a proportionate reduction of state costs whenever possible.

     SECTION 6.  Provided that the judiciary is authorized to transfer savings from its general fund appropriation to the driver education special fund to accommodate any temporary cash flow deficits.



 

 


PART IV.  CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS

     SECTION 7.  The sum of $42,575,000 appropriated or authorized in Part II of this Act for capital improvement projects shall be expended by the judiciary for the projects listed below; provided that several related or similar projects may be combined into a single project, if a combination is advantageous or convenient for implementation; and provided further that the total cost of the projects thus combined shall not exceed the total of the sums specified for the projects separately.  The amount after each cost element and the total funding for each project listed in this Part is in thousands of dollars. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS

                                           APPROPRIATIONS (IN 000'S)

ITEM  CAPITAL                    EXPENDING      FISCAL  M  FISCAL  M

NO.  PROJECT.   TITLE              AGENCY        YEAR   O   YEAR   O

      NO.                                       2009-10  F 2010-11  F

 

The Judicial System

 

JUD601 - ADMINISTRATION

 

1.         KAPOLEI JUDICIARY COMPLEX, O‘AHU

 

       PLANS AND DESIGN FOR A NEW

      ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES OFFICE  

      BUILDING AT KAPOLEI, O`AHU

           PLANS                                    225             

           DESIGN                                     5      3,000

                TOTAL FUNDING         JUD            230 C    3,000 C

 

2.         KA`AHUMANU HALE MAUKA WING ROOF AND

           MISCELLANEOUS LANAI DECK SURFACE

           IMPROVEMENTS, O`AHU

 

      PLANS, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION

      FOR MAUKA WING ROOF AND MISCELLANEOUS

      LANAI DECK SURFACE IMPROVEMENTS AT

      KA`AHUMANU HALE, O`AHU

           PLANS                                     60

           DESIGN                                  350

           CONSTRUCTION                           3,490 

                TOTAL FUNDING         JUD          3,900 C        0 C

 

3.         KAUIKEAOULI HALE ELEVATOR SYSTEMS

          UPGRADE AND MODERNIZATION, O`AHU

 

     DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION FOR UPGRADES

AND MODERNIZATION TO THE ELEVATORS

AT KAUIKEAOULI HALE, O`AHU

           DESIGN                                   245

           CONSTRUCTION                           3,750             

                TOTAL FUNDING         JUD          3,995 C        0 C

 

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS

                                           APPROPRIATIONS (IN 000'S)

ITEM  CAPITAL                     EXPENDING      FISCAL  M  FISCAL  M

NO.  PROJECT   TITLE              AGENCY        YEAR   O   YEAR   O

      NO.                                       2009-10  F 2010-11  F

 

The Judicial System

 

JUD601 – ADMINISTRATION

 

4.         KONA JUDICIARY COMPLEX, HAWAI`I

 

      PLANS AND LAND FOR A NEW JUDICIARY

      COMPLEX AT KONA, HAWAI`I

           PLANS                                    500

           LAND                                      50

                TOTAL FUNDING                 JUD 550       C 0   C

          

5.         LUMP SUM CIP FOR JUDICIARY

           FACILITIES, STATEWIDE

 

      PLANS, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND

      EQUIPMENT FOR GENERAL ALTERATIONS,

      UPGRADES AND IMPROVEMENTS TO

      JUDICIARY FACILITIES STATEWIDE

           PLANS                                    250        150 

           DESIGN                                 3,150      1,500 

           CONSTRUCTION                           2,250     23,250 

           EQUIPMENT                                250        100 

                TOTAL FUNDING         JUD          5,900 C   25,000 C


 

 


PART V.  ISSUANCE OF BONDS

     SECTION 8.  General obligation bonds may be issued, as provided by law, to yield the amount that may be necessary to finance projects authorized in Part II and listed in Part IV of this Act; provided that the sum total of the general obligation bonds so issued shall not exceed $42,575,000.

PART VI.  SPECIAL PROVISIONS

     SECTION 9.  Any law or any provision of this Act to the contrary notwithstanding, the appropriations made for capital improvement projects authorized in Part II and listed in Part IV of this Act shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriations are made; provided that all appropriations made for fiscal year 2009-2010 and fiscal year 2010-2011, which are unencumbered as of June 30, 2012, shall lapse as of that date.

     SECTION 10.  The judiciary is authorized to delegate to other state or county agencies the planning, acquiring of land, designing, constructing, and equipping of any capital improvement project when it is determined by the judiciary to be advantageous to do so.

     SECTION 11.  All unrequired balances in the general obligation bond fund, after the objectives of Part II appropriations for capital improvements program purposes listed as projects in part IV of this Act have been met, shall be transferred to the judiciary project adjustment fund.

     SECTION 12.  If the amount allocated from the general obligation bond fund for a capital improvement project listed in part IV of this Act is insufficient, the chief justice may make supplemental allotments from the project adjustment fund; provided that supplemental allotments shall not be used to increase the scope of the project.

     SECTION 13.  Where it has been determined that changed conditions, such as reduction in the particular population being served, permit the reduction in the scope of a project listed in Part IV of this Act , the chief justice may authorize such reduction of project scope.

     SECTION 14.  The chief justice shall determine when and the manner in which the authorized capital improvement projects shall be initiated.  The chief justice shall notify the governor from time to time of the specific amounts required for the projects, and the governor shall provide for those amounts through the issuance of bonds authorized in Part V of this Act.

     SECTION 15.  Any law or any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the chief justice may supplement funds for any cost element for a capital improvement project authorized under this Act by transferring such sums as may be needed from the funds appropriated for other cost elements of the same project by this Act or by any other prior or future Act that has not lapsed; provided that the total expenditure of funds for all cost elements for the project shall not exceed the total appropriation for that project.

PART VII.  MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS AND EFFECTIVE DATE

     SECTION 16.  If any portion of this Act or its application to any person or circumstances is held to be invalid for any reason, the remainder of the Act and any provision thereof shall not be affected.  If any portion of a specific appropriation is held to be invalid for any reason, the remaining portion shall be independent of the invalid portion and shall be expended to fulfill the objective and intent of the appropriation to the extent possible.

     SECTION 17.  If any manifest clerical, typographical, or other mechanical error is found in this Act, the chief justice is authorized to correct the error.  All changes made pursuant to this section shall be reported to the legislature at its next regular session.

     SECTION 18.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2009.

 

 

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