Report Title:

Judiciary; Appropriations

 

Description:

Appropriates funds for the operating and capital improvement budget of the judiciary for fiscal years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011.  (SD1)


HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

300

TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

S.D. 1

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

APPROPRIATIONS

 

ITEM

NO.

PROG.

ID

PROGRAM

EXPENDING

AGENCY

FISCAL

YEAR

2009-2010

M

O

F

FISCAL

YEAR

2010-2011

M

O

F

 

The Judicial System

1.   JUD101 - COURTS OF APPEAL

                                                 80.00*         80.00*

OPERATING                         JUD         7,397,336     7,397,336A

                                  JUD          243,261W       243,261W

 

2.   JUD310 - FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

                                              1,098.50*      1,098.50*

OPERATING                         JUD       76,631,824A    76,703,524A

                                                 40.00*         40.00*

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

 

3.   JUD320 - SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

                                                220.00*        220.00*

OPERATING                         JUD       16,130,226A    16,130,226A

 

4.   JUD330 - THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

                                                229.00*        229.00*

OPERATING                         JUD       19,020,059A    19,020,059A

 

5.   JUD350 - FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

                                                 98.00*         98.00*

OPERATING                         JUD        7,316,426A     7,316,426A

 

6.   JUD501 - JUDICIAL SELECTION COMMISSION

                                                  1.00*          1.00*

OPERATING                         JUD           99,292A        99,292A

 

7.   JUD601 - ADMINISTRATION

                                                228.00*        228.00*

OPERATING                         JUD       13,470,020A    13,470,020A

                                                  1.00*          1.00*

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

                                  JUD          100,000W       100,000W

INVESTMENT CAPITAL                JUD       14,575,000C    23,000,000C

 


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.

PART IV.  CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS

     SECTION 6.  The sum of $37,575,000 appropriated or authorized in Part IV 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, OAHU

 

      PLANS AND DESIGN FOR A NEW

      ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES OFFICE

      BUILDING AT KAPOLEI, OAHU

          PLANS                                  225

          DESIGN                                   5        3,000

               TOTAL FUNDING       JUD            230  C     3,000 C

 

2.    KAAHUMANU HALE MAUKA WING ROOF AND

      MISCELLANEOUS LANAI DECK SURFACE

      IMPROVEMENTS, OAHU

 

      PLANS, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION

      FOR MAUKA WING ROOF AND MISCELLANEOUS

      LANAI DECK SURFACE IMPROVEMENTS AT

      KAAHUMANU HALE, OAHU

          PLANS                                   60

          DESIGN                                 350

          CONSTRUCTION                         3,490

              TOTAL FUNDING       JUD          3,900  C         0 C

 

3.    KAUIKEAOULI HALE ELEVATOR SYSTEMS

      UPGRADE AND MODERNIZATION, OAHU

 

      DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION FOR UPGRADES

      AND MODERNIZATION TO THE ELEVATORS

      AT KAUIKEAOULI HALE, OAHU

          DESIGN                                 245

          CONSTRUCTION                         3,750

              TOTAL FUNDING                   3,995  C         0 C

 

JUD601 – ADMINISTRATION

 

4.    KONA JUDICIARY COMPLEX, HAWAII

 

      PLANS AND LAND FOR A NEW JUDICIARY

      COMPLEX AT KONA, HAWAII

          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    20,000 C

 

PART V.  ISSUANCE OF BONDS

     SECTION 7.  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 $19,545,000.

     SECTION 8.  Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the appropriations under Act 169, Session Laws of Hawaii 2007, section 15, as amended and renumbered by Act 102, Session Laws of Hawaii 2008, section 4, in the amounts indicated or balances thereof, unallotted, allotted, unencumbered, or encumbered and unrequired, are hereby lapsed:

     Item No.                Amount (MOF)

     JUD601-4               $   50,000 C

     JUD601-4.01             1,020,000 C

 

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; and provided further that the judiciary shall submit a report to the legislature of all uses of this proviso for the previous twelve month period from December 1 to November 30 no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the 2010 and 2011 regular sessions.

     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; and provided further that the judiciary shall submit a report to the legislature of all uses of this proviso for the previous twelve month period from December 1 to November 30 no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the 2010 and 2011 regular sessions.

     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.