Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

Hawaii Senate Bill SB1513 Compare Versions

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1	1	THE SENATE S.B. NO. 1513 THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 STATE OF HAWAII A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to appropriations. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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3	3	THE SENATE S.B. NO. 1513
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13	13	THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
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31	31	A BILL FOR AN ACT
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37	37	relating to appropriations.
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43	43	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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47	47	SECTION 1. The legislature finds that for fiscal year 2025, the executive branch had requested about $3,600,000,000 in funding for more than forty-seven thousand permanent and three thousand six hundred temporary authorized positions. The amount requested accounted for more than twenty per cent of all authorized funds in fiscal year 2025. The legislature further finds that there has been a high vacancy rate in public employment positions and funds are either transferred or used for purposes that are not consistent with the purpose for which the appropriation was authorized. A vacancy report from December 2024 from the department of human resources development identified four thousand eighty-five vacancies, or about twenty-four per cent of civil service positions, in the State. The purpose of this Act is to ensure that funds appropriated by the legislature are used for their intended purpose by prohibiting the transfer of funds appropriated for positions to operating expenses, and vice versa, except to fulfill the legislature's purpose for which the funds were appropriated. SECTION 2. Chapter 37, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part II to be appropriately designated and to read as follows: "§37- Appropriated funds; transfers prohibited. No department or agency shall transfer funds, or authorize the transfer of funds, appropriated for: (1) Positions to operating expenses; or (2) Operating expenses to fund positions, except to fulfill the legislature's purpose for which the funds were appropriated." SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored. SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. INTRODUCED BY: _____________________________
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49	49	SECTION 1. The legislature finds that for fiscal year 2025, the executive branch had requested about $3,600,000,000 in funding for more than forty-seven thousand permanent and three thousand six hundred temporary authorized positions. The amount requested accounted for more than twenty per cent of all authorized funds in fiscal year 2025.
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51	51	The legislature further finds that there has been a high vacancy rate in public employment positions and funds are either transferred or used for purposes that are not consistent with the purpose for which the appropriation was authorized. A vacancy report from December 2024 from the department of human resources development identified four thousand eighty-five vacancies, or about twenty-four per cent of civil service positions, in the State.
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53	53	The purpose of this Act is to ensure that funds appropriated by the legislature are used for their intended purpose by prohibiting the transfer of funds appropriated for positions to operating expenses, and vice versa, except to fulfill the legislature's purpose for which the funds were appropriated.
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55	55	SECTION 2. Chapter 37, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part II to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
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57	57	"§37- Appropriated funds; transfers prohibited. No department or agency shall transfer funds, or authorize the transfer of funds, appropriated for:
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59	59	(1) Positions to operating expenses; or
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63	63	except to fulfill the legislature's purpose for which the funds were appropriated."
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65	65	SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
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67	67	SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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81	81	Report Title: Budget; Allotment System; Appropriations Description: Prohibits the transfer of funds appropriated for positions to operating expenses, and vice versa, except to fulfill the Legislature's purpose for which the funds were appropriated. The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
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95	95	Prohibits the transfer of funds appropriated for positions to operating expenses, and vice versa, except to fulfill the Legislature's purpose for which the funds were appropriated.
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103	103	The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.