Bill Text: HI HB2300 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To The University Of Hawaii.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-04-26 - Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 681). [HB2300 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-HB2300-Introduced.html
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
2300 |
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The
legislature finds that Act 115, Session Laws of Hawaii 1998, was enacted in
response to the economic revitalization task force's principal recommendation
to provide greater autonomy to the University of Hawaii to allow the university
to fulfill their constitutional role and administration of its
constitutionally-designated assets and public trust undertakings. Unlike most state agencies, the University of
Hawaii has the authority to transfer appropriated funds and positions among
programs and between fiscal quarters without legislative authorization. The university is currently required to
account for these transfers in fiscal year-end reports to the legislature.
The
legislature further finds that as a matter of statewide concern, the
university's financial flexibility should be transparent and subject to more
frequent reporting requirements for legislative oversight.
The purpose of this Act is to require the University of Hawaii to report these types of transfers to the legislature within thirty days for transparency and oversight of the university.
SECTION 2. Section 37-74, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
"(d) No appropriation
transfers or changes between programs or agencies shall be made without
legislative authorization; provided that:
(1) Authorized transfers or changes, when made,
shall be reported to the legislature;
(2) Except with respect to appropriations to fund
financing agreements under chapter 37D, the University of Hawaii may transfer
appropriated funds and positions for the operating cost category among
programs, among cost elements in a program, and between quarters, as
applicable; except with respect to appropriations to fund financing agreements
under chapter 37D, the department of education may transfer appropriated funds
and positions for the operating cost category among programs and among cost
elements in a program, and between quarters, as applicable; and the Hawaii
health systems corporation and its regional system boards may transfer special
fund appropriations among regional system hospital facilities as applicable and
as mutually agreed to by the corporation and the respective regional system
board; provided that the Hawaii health systems corporation and the regional
system boards shall maintain the integrity and services of each individual
regional system and shall not transfer appropriations out of any regional
system that would result in a reduction of services offered by the regional
system, with due regard for statutory requirements, changing conditions, the
needs of the programs, and the effective utilization of resources; [and]
(3) The university and the department of education
shall account for each transfer implemented under this subsection in quarterly
reports to the governor and annual reports at the end of each fiscal year to
the legislature and the governor, which shall be prepared in the form and
manner prescribed by the governor and shall include information on the sources
and uses of the transfer[.]; and
(4) The university shall submit a report to the
legislature for each transfer implemented under this subsection within thirty
days of the transfer."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Government; Budget; University of Hawaii
Description:
Requires the University of Hawaii to submit a report to the legislature within thirty days of each appropriation transfer or changes between programs.
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