Bill Text: HI HB1562 | 2019 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relating To The Department Of Agriculture Operating Budget.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-18 - Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 919). [HB1562 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2019-HB1562-Amended.html

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1562
THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019		H.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII		S.D. 2

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE OPERATING BUDGET.

 

 

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

 

     SECTION 1.  The purpose of this Act is to provide funding for the operations of the department of agriculture for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2021.

     SECTION 2.  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:

     AGR  Department of agriculture

     "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.  Such letter symbols, where used, shall have the following meanings:

     A    General 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 3.  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, except as provided elsewhere in this Act or as provided by general law.

PROGRAM APPROPRIATIONS
						APPROPRIATIONS
	ITEM NO.	PROG. ID	PROGRAM	EXPENDING AGENCY	FISCAL YEAR 2019-2020		M O F	FISCAL YEAR 2020-2021	M O F

 

1.   AGR101 - FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR AGRICULTURE

OPERATING                         AGR        7,500,000A     5,000,000A

                                 

2.   AGR141 - AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

OPERATING                                         2.50*          2.50*

                                  AGR        1,721,698A       121,698A

                                                      

3.   AGR151 - QUALITY AND PRICE ASSURANCE

                                                  3.00*          3.00*

OPERATING                         AGR          721,422A       721,422A

                                                  1.00*          1.00*

                                  AGR           66,708B        66,708B

 

4.   AGR153 - AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT

                                                  1.00*          1.00*

OPERATING                         AGR           26,478A        52,956A

                                 

5.   AGR171 - AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING

                                                  1.00*          1.00*

OPERATING                         AGR          289,808A       319,616A

                                 

6.   AGR192 - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION FOR AGRICULTURE

                                                  2.00*          2.00*

OPERATING                         AGR          174,932A       174,932A

                                 

7.   AGR812 - MEASUREMENT STANDARDS

                                                  4.00*          4.00*

OPERATING                         AGR          231,192B       231,192B

     SECTION 4.  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, an appropriation made to a program by this Act may be combined with appropriations made to the same program by any other Act enacted by the legislature for the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium if the combination is advantageous or convenient for budget execution.

     SECTION 5.  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 6.  If manifest clerical, typographical, or other mechanical errors are found in this Act, the governor may correct the errors.

     SECTION 7.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2019.

 

Report Title:

HDOA; Budget; Appropriation

 

Description:

Makes appropriations relating to the Department of Agriculture operating budget.  (SD2)

 

 

 

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