Bill Text: HI HB2428 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Road Repair and Repaving; Appropriations; Counties; Grant-in-aid ($)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-20 - The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. [HB2428 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-HB2428-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that many of our state and county roads are in disrepair. Drivers pay, on average, $400 each year to repair damage to their vehicles caused by neglected and unmaintained roads.
Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to appropriate funds necessary to repair state roads and to incentivize the repair of county roads and highways.
SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $10,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014-2015 for the repair and repaving of state highways and roads.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of transportation for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 3. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $9,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014-2015 for a grant-in-aid to the several counties for the repair and repaving of county roads and to be allocated as follows:
(1) County of Hawaii: $3,000,000;
(2) County of Kauai: $3,000,000; and
(3) County of Maui: $3,000,000;
provided that no funds shall be made available to any county unless the county provides matching funds equal to the amount appropriated for the purposes of this Act; provided further that the director of finance shall not release state matching funds appropriated by this Act until all matching county funds are encumbered by the respective county.
In addition to the matching requirement established in this section, in order to qualify for the state matching funds as appropriated by this Act, a county shall appropriate funds for the repair and repaving of county roads in an amount that exceeds the amount appropriated by the county for this purpose in its 2013-2014 budget. Only funds that are appropriated for repair and repaving of county roads in a county's 2014-2015 budget that are in excess of the 2013-2014 budget amount shall qualify for the state matching funds appropriated in this Act. Furthermore, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any state matching funds appropriated under this section not released by the director of finance or encumbered by a respective county by June 30, 2016, shall lapse as of that date.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the respective counties for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 4. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $10,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014-2015 for a grant-in-aid to the city and county of Honolulu for the repair and repaving of city and county of Honolulu roads; provided that no funds shall be made available to the city and county of Honolulu unless the city and county of Honolulu provides matching funds equal to the amount appropriated for the purposes of this Act; provided further that the director of finance shall not release state matching funds appropriated by this Act until all of the city and county of Honolulu's matching funds are encumbered by the city and county of Honolulu.
In addition to the matching requirement established in this section, in order to qualify for the state matching funds as appropriated by this Act, the city and county of Honolulu shall appropriate funds for the repair and repaving of city and county of Honolulu roads in an amount that exceeds the amount appropriated by the city and county of Honolulu for this purpose in its 2013-2014 budget. Only funds that are appropriated for repair and repaving of county roads in the city and county of Honolulu's 2014-2015 budget that are in excess of the 2013-2014 budget amount shall qualify for the state matching funds appropriated in this Act. Furthermore, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any state matching funds appropriated under this section not released by the director of finance or encumbered by the city and county of Honolulu by June 30, 2016, shall lapse as of that date.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the city and county of Honolulu for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2014.
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Report Title:
Road Repair and Repaving; Appropriations; Counties; Grant-in-aid
Description:
Appropriates state matching funds to the counties for road repair and repaving. Establishes additional requirements to qualify for the use of the state matching funds.
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