HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1737

TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

S.D. 1

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SERVICES.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  The purpose of this Act is to make appropriations:

     (1)  For the office of community service to review all grant requests submitted to and granted by the twenty-sixth legislature; and

     (2)  To support the expansion of the state-funded immigrant resource centers, contracted by the office of community services with nonprofit service providers, to provide language-accessible direct information and referral services to new immigrants.

     SECTION 2.  (a)  The office of community services shall review all of the grant requests submitted to and granted by the twenty-sixth legislature pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes.  The review shall consider:

     (1)  The current process for solicitation and administration of the grant programs;

     (2)  Whether it is feasible for the office of community services to handle the processing of all of the grant requests;

     (3)  Whether the office of community services needs additional staffing to enable it to process all of the grant requests; and

     (4)  Recommendations to streamline the grant process.

     (b)  The office of community services shall submit a report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2015, outlining its findings, recommendations, and proposed legislation, if any, pursuant to subsection (a).

     SECTION 3.  There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $           or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014-2015 for the office of community services to review all grant requests submitted to and granted by the twenty-sixth legislature and submit a report outlining its findings, recommendations, and proposed legislation, if any, pursuant to section 2.

     The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of labor and industrial relations for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 4.  There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $         or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014-2015 to the office of community services to support the expansion of the state-funded immigrant resource centers, contracted by the office of community services with nonprofit service providers, to provide language-accessible direct information and referral services to new immigrants.

     The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of labor and industrial relations for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.


 


 

Report Title:

Office of Community Services; DLIR; Report; Appropriations

 

Description:

Requires the Office of Community Services to review the current grant process and all grants submitted to and granted by the Twenty-sixth Legislature.  Requires a report on the grant process.  Appropriates unspecified amounts to the Office of Community Services for fiscal year 2014-2015.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

 

 

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