Bill Text: HI SB293 | 2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Budget-related Reports.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. [SB293 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB293-Amended.html
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO BUDGET-RELATED REPORTS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 37-70, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a)
Not later than the third Wednesday of January of each odd-numbered year,
the governor shall submit to the legislature and to each member thereof[,]
a program memorandum covering each of the major programs in the statewide
program structure[.]; provided that the governor shall
ensure that each program memorandum submitted pursuant to this section
accurately reflects the current responsibilities of the applicable program,
addresses the current and future needs of the State, and aligns with the
information submitted pursuant to section 37-71 by reviewing and updating, as
necessary, the most recently submitted program memoranda.
Each program memorandum [will] shall include:
(1) An
overview of the program as a whole, including a discussion of:
(A) Objectives.
(B) Component
programs.
(C) Departments
involved.
(D) Relationships
to other agencies and jurisdictions.
(E) Major
activities.
(F) Important
external developments affecting the program.
(G) Significant
discrepancies between previously planned cost and effectiveness levels and
those actually achieved.
(H) Trends
and comparisons in costs, effectiveness, or activity data over the budget and
planning period.
(2) A
statement of the major program changes being recommended for the budget and
planning period to include for each proposed change:
(A) A
brief statement of the recommended change.
(B) The
cost and program performance consequences of the change over the budget and
planning period.
(C) A
summary of the analytic rationale for the change.
(3) A
discussion of emerging conditions, trends, and issues, including:
(A) Actual
or potential impact on the State and its programs.
(B) Possible
alternatives for dealing with the specific problems occasioned by the emerging
conditions, trends, and issues.
(C) Suggestions
for a program of analyses to resolve the most urgent of the problems.
(4) Appendices
as needed to include appropriate issue papers, special analytic studies, other
reports, and crucial source data."
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Report Title:
Governor; Budget-Related Reports; Program Memoranda; Reviews; Updates
Description:
Requires the Governor to ensure that the Governor's program memoranda accurately reflect the current responsibilities of certain state programs, address the current and future needs of the State, and align with budget-related submittals. (SD2)
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