THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2073
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO AGRICULTURE.

 

 

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

 

     SECTION 1.  Act 183, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, created a food safety certification costs grant program and the food safety certification costs grant program special fund, and it provided that the revenues of the special fund "shall consist of legislative appropriations and the interest thereon."  Act 183 appropriated $500,000 for fiscal year 2017-2018, but it did not specify that these moneys were to be deposited into the special fund, nor did it appropriate the moneys out of the special fund.

     The purpose of this Act is to provide that the amount appropriated in Act 183, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, shall be deposited into the food safety certification costs grant program special fund and that the same amount shall be appropriated out of the special fund for fiscal year 2018-2019.

     SECTION 2.  Act 183, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, is amended by adding a new section to read as follows:

     "SECTION 2A.  There is appropriated out of the food safety certification costs grant program special fund the sum of $500,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2018-2019 for the food safety certification costs grant program.

     The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of agriculture for the purposes of this Act."

     SECTION 3.  Act 183, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, is amended by amending section 2 to read as follows:

     "SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $500,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year [2017-2018 for the food safety certification costs grant program of the department of agriculture.] 2018-2019 to be deposited into the food safety certification costs grant program special fund.

     [The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of agriculture for the purposes of this Act.]"

     SECTION 4.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.

 

 

Report Title:

Agriculture; Food Safety Certification Costs Grant Program; Appropriation Clarification

 

Description:

Clarifies that the amount appropriated in Act 183, SLH 2017, shall be deposited into the food safety certification costs grant program special fund and that the same amount shall be appropriated out of the special fund for fiscal year 2018-2019.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD1)

 

 

 

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