Bill Text: HI HB1562 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relating To The Department Of Agriculture Operating Budget.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-06-22 - Received notice of discharge of all House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 363). [HB1562 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2020-HB1562-Amended.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1562
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		S.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OPERATING BUDGET.

 

 

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

 

     SECTION 1.  The purpose of this Act is to provide funding for the operations of the department of agriculture for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2021.

     SECTION 2.  The following sums, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to accomplish the purposes and programs designated herein, are hereby appropriated or authorized, as the case may be, from the means of financing specified to the department of agriculture for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2021.  The total expenditures and the number of positions in each fiscal year of the biennium shall not exceed the sums and the position ceilings indicated for each fiscal year, except as provided elsewhere in this Act or as provided by general law.

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

     "Expending agency" means the executive department, independent commission, bureau, office, board, or other establishment of the state government (other than the legislature, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, and judiciary), the political subdivisions of the State, or any quasi‑public institution supported in whole or in part by state funds, which is authorized to expend specified appropriations made by this Act.

     Abbreviations, where used to denote the expending agency, shall mean the following:

     AGR  Department of Agriculture

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

     A    general funds

     "Position ceiling" means the maximum number of permanent and temporary full-time equivalent positions authorized for a particular program during a specified period or periods, as denoted by an asterisk for permanent full-time equivalent positions and a pound sign for temporary full-time equivalent positions.

     "Program ID" means the unique identifier for the specific program and consists of the abbreviation for the organization responsible for carrying out the program followed by the organization number for the program.

     SECTION 3.  The following sums, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to accomplish the purposes and programs designated herein, are hereby appropriated or authorized, as the case may be, from the means of financing specified to the expending agencies designated for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2021.  The total expenditures and the number of positions in each fiscal year of the biennium shall not exceed the sums and the position ceilings indicated for each fiscal year, except as provided elsewhere in this Act or as provided by general law.

 

PROGRAM APPROPRIATIONS
						APPROPRIATIONS
	ITEM NO.	PROG. ID	PROGRAM	EXPENDING AGENCY	FISCAL YEAR 2019-2020		M O F	FISCAL YEAR 2020-2021	M O F

 

AGR – AGRICULTURE

1.   AGR101 – FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR AGRICULTURE

     GENERAL FUND SUPPLEMENT FOR THE AGRICULTURAL LOAN REVOLVING FUND

                                                      

OPERATING                         AGR        7,500,000A     5,000,000A

 

2.   AGR122 – PLANT PEST AND DISEASE CONTROL

     POSITIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF BIOSECURITY PLAN

                                                  4.00*          4.00*

OPERATING                         AGR          103,908A       207,816A

 

3.   AGR132 – ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL

     INCREASE FTE FOR QUARANTINE ANIMAL CARETAKERS AND ESTABLISH LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR POSITION

                                                  2.50*          2.50*

OPERATING                         AGR           88,860A       106,998A

 

4.   AGR132 – ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL

     POSITION FOR AQUACULTURE DISEASE CONTROL

                                                  1.00*          1.00*

OPERATING                         AGR           26,478A        52,956A

 

5.   AGR141 – AGRICULTURE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

     TRANSFER 2.50 FTE FROM REVOLVING FUNDS TO GENERAL FUNDS

                                                  2.50*          2.50*

OPERATING                         AGR          121,698A       121,698A

 

6.   AGR141 – AGRICULTURE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

     FUNDS FOR LITIGATION SETTLEMENT

                                                                     

OPERATING                         AGR        1,600,000A              

 

7.   AGR151 – QUALITY AND PRICE ASSURANCE

     FUNDS FOR FOOD SAFETY GRANTS

                                                      

OPERATING                         AGR          500,000A       500,000A

 

8.   AGR171 – AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING

     ESTABLISH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST POSITION

                                                  1.00*          1.00*

OPERATING                         AGR           29,808A        59,616A

 

9.   AGR171 – AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING

     FUNDS FOR AGRICULTURAL SURVEYS

                                                                     

OPERATING                         AGR          240,000A       240,000A

 

10.  AGR171 – AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING

     FUNDS FOR EDP MAINTENANCE-CONTRACT MAINTENANCE SYSTEM

                                                                     

OPERATING                         AGR           20,000A        20,000A

 

11.  AGR192 – GENERAL ADMINISTRATION FOR AGRICULTURE

     FULL YEAR FUNDING FOR PROGRAM SPECIALIST POSITION FOR FARM TO STATE PROGRAM

                                                  1.00*          1.00*

OPERATING                         AGR           73,316A        73,316A

 

12.  AGR192 – GENERAL ADMINISTRATION FOR AGRICULTURE

     FUNDS FOR REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE

                                                                     

OPERATING                         AGR           75,000A        75,000A

 

     SECTION 4.  The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of agriculture for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2019.

 

Report Title:

Department of Agriculture; Budget; Appropriation

 

Description:

Makes appropriations relating to the Department of Agriculture operating budget.  (SD1)

 

 

 

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