Bill Text: HI SB924 | 2020 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relating To The Department Of Land And Natural Resources.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-12-01 - Carried over to 2020 Regular Session. [SB924 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2020-SB924-Amended.html

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THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	924
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019		S.D. 2
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES.

 

 

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

 

     SECTION 1.  Unless otherwise clear from the context, as used in this Act:

     "Expending agency" means the executive department, independent commission, bureau, office, board, or other establishment of the state government (other than the legislature, office of Hawaiian affairs, and judiciary), the political subdivisions of the State, or any quasi‑public institution supported in whole or in part by state funds, which is authorized to expend specified appropriations made by this Act.

     Abbreviations, where used to denote the expending agency, shall mean the following:

LNR  Department of land and natural resources

     "Means of financing" or "MOF" means the source from which funds are appropriated or authorized to be expended for the programs and projects specified in this Act.  All appropriations are followed by letter symbols.  The letter symbols, where used, shall have the following meanings:

A    General funds

B    Special funds

C    General obligation bond fund

D    General obligation bond fund with debt service cost to be paid from special funds

E    Revenue bond funds

J    Federal aid interstate funds

K    Federal aid primary funds

L    Federal aid secondary funds

M    Federal aid urban funds

N    Federal funds

P    Other federal funds

R    Private contributions

S    County funds

T    Trust funds

U    Interdepartmental transfers

W    Revolving funds

X    Other funds

     "Position ceiling" means the maximum number of permanent and temporary full-time equivalent positions authorized for a particular program during a specified period or periods, as denoted by an asterisk for permanent full-time equivalent positions and a pound sign for temporary full-time equivalent positions.

     "Program ID" means the unique identifier for the specific program and consists of the abbreviation for the organization responsible for carrying out the program followed by the organization number for the program.

     SECTION 2.  The following sums, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to accomplish the purposes and programs designated herein, are hereby appropriated or authorized, as the case may be, from the means of financing specified to the expending agencies designated for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2021.  The total expenditures and the number of positions in each fiscal year of the biennium shall not exceed the sums and the position ceilings indicated for each fiscal year in Act 49, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, as amended by Act 53, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, except as provided elsewhere in this Act or as provided by general law.

1.   LNR806/FA - PARKS ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATION

 

ADD FUNDS FOR FOUR (4) CURRENT COUNTY LIFEGUARD SERVICES CONTRACT AND ONE (1) NEW COUNTY LIFEGUARD SERVICE CONTRACT.

 

OPERATING                         LNR                 A              A

 

2.   LNR402/DA - NATIVE RESOURCES AND FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM

 

ADD FUNDS FOR THE HAWAII INVASIVE SPECIES COUNCIL (HISC) PER HAWAII'S INTERAGENCY BIOSECURITY PLAN.

 

OPERATING                         LNR                 A              A

 

3.   LNR402/   - NATIVE RESOURCES AND FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM

 

FUNDS FOR RAPID OHIA DEATH RESPONSE.

 

OPERATING                         LNR                 A              A

 

4.   LNR402/DA - NATIVE RESOURCES AND FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM

 

ADD TEN (10) PERMANENT POSITIONS AND FUNDS TO REMOVE INVASIVE SPECIES IN THE FORESTS, PER HAWAII'S INTERAGENCY BIOSECURITY PLAN: (2) NATURAL AREA RESERVES SPECIALIST IV, SR22, KAUAI; (4) FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE TECHNICIAN IV, SR13, MAUI (2) AND HAWAII; (2) FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE WORKER II, BC05, FOR MAUI AND OAHU, FORESTER V, SR24 FOR ADMIN, FORESTER III, SR20 FOR OAHU AND $172,368 FOR OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES.

 

                                                 10.00*         10.00*

OPERATING                         LNR                 A              A

 

5.   LNR /

 

ADD POSITIONS AND FUNDS TO SUPPORT CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCY AND KAHOOLAWE ISLAND RESERVE OPERATIONS.

                                                  2.00#          2.00#

OPERATING                         LNR                 A              A

 

6.   LNR101/EA - PUBLIC LANDS MANAGEMENT

 

FUNDS FOR THE LEGACY LAND CONSERVATION PROGRAM.

 

OPERATING                         LNR                 B              B

 

7.   LNR /

 

FUNDS TO PRESERVE RECORDS, BOOKS, AND MAPS AT THE BUREAU OF CONVEYANCES.

 

OPERATING                         LNR                 B              B

 

     SECTION 3. If any portion of this Act or its application to any person, entity, or circumstance is held to be invalid for any reason, then the legislature declares that the remainder of this Act and each and every other provision thereof shall not be affected thereby. If any portion of a specific appropriation is held to be invalid for any reason, the remaining portion shall be expended to fulfill the objective of the appropriation to the extent possible.

     SECTION 4.  If manifest clerical, typographical, or other mechanical errors are found in this Act, the governor may correct the errors.

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

 

Report Title:

Budget; DLNR; Operating Expenses; Appropriation

 

Description:

Appropriates funds for operating expenses of the Department of Land and Natural Resources.  Effective 7/1/2050.  (SD2)

 

 

 

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