Bill Text: HI HB531 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating To Capital Improvement Projects For The Benefit Of The First Representative District.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. [HB531 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2024-HB531-Introduced.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	531
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.

 

 

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

 

     SECTION 1.  The director of finance is authorized to issue general obligation bonds in the sum of $118,720,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary is appropriated for fiscal year 2023-2024 for the purpose of capital improvement projects for the first representative district, as follows:

1.   Earnest Bowden de Silva elementary school, Hawaii

     Plans, design, construction, equipment, and appurtenances for six classroom buildings.

     Plans                                          $   250,000

     Design                                         $   250,000

     Construction                                    $18,500,000

     Equipment                                      $ 1,000,000

          Total funding                              $20,000,000

     The sum appropriated for this capital improvement project shall be expended by the department of education.

2.   Honokaa elementary school, Hawaii

     Plans, design, and construction for covered playcourt, retaining wall, and covered walkway.

     Plans                                           $   45,000

     Design                                          $  450,000

     Construction                                     $4,005,000

          Total funding                               $4,500,000

     The sum appropriated for this capital improvement project shall be expended by the department of education.

3.   Honokaa high school, Hawaii

     Plans, design, and construction for a retaining wall along Mamane street.

     Plans                                          $    20,000

     Design                                         $   200,000

     Construction                                    $10,000,000

          Total funding                              $10,220,000

     The sum appropriated for this capital improvement project shall be expended by the department of education.

4.   Kaumana elementary school, Hawaii

     Plans, design, and construction for drainage mitigation.

     Plans                                          $   100,000

     Design                                         $ 1,000,000

     Construction                                    $ 8,900,000

          Total funding                              $10,000,000

     The sum appropriated for this capital improvement project shall be expended by the department of education.

5.   Hilo medical center, Hawaii

     Construction for the Hilo Medical Center ICU and Med/Surg Expansion.

     Construction                                    $50,000,000

          Total funding                              $50,000,000

     The sum appropriated for this capital improvement project shall be expended by the Hawaii health systems corporation.

6.   Imiloa astronomy center, Hawaii

     Plans, design, construction, and equipment and appurtenances for the redesign and renovation of the planetarium.

     Plans                                           $   25,000

     Design                                          $   25,000

     Construction                                     $1,400,000

     Equipment                                       $   50,000

          Total funding                               $1,500,000

     The sum appropriated for this capital improvement project shall be expended by the university of Hawaii.

7.   Waiakea research station, Hawaii

     Plans, design, construction for phase 1 infrastructure and phase 2 learning lab.

     Plans                                          $ 2,050,000

     Design                                         $ 2,600,000

     Construction                                    $10,350,000

          Total funding                              $15,000,000

     The sum appropriated for this capital improvement project shall be expended by the university of Hawaii.

8.   Tropical AgTech and Food Tech Hub at the Hilo Foreign-Trade Zone, Hawaii

     Design and construction for the Hub.

     Design                                          $  500,000

     Construction                                     $7,000,000

          Total funding                               $7,500,000

     The sum appropriated for this capital improvement project shall be expended by the department of business, economic development, and tourism.

     SECTION 2.  The appropriation made for the capital improvement projects authorized by this Act shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation is made; provided that all moneys from the appropriation that are unencumbered as of June 30, 2026, shall lapse as of that date.

     SECTION 3.  The sums appropriated for the respective capital improvement projects set forth in section 1 shall be expended by the designated expending agency for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2023.

 

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

 

 

Report Title:

CIP; 1st Representative District; Appropriation

 

Description:

Authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates funds for capital improvement projects in the 1st representative district.

 

 

 

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