Bill Text: HI SB166 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To The State Budget.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-12 - Act 059, 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1160). [SB166 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2019-SB166-Introduced.html
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to the state budget.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that assistance from the State is needed for the county of Hawaii to recover from the Kilauea eruption, a presidentially-declared major disaster. The disaster permanently altered large portions of the landscape, communities, and the economy, with losses tallying in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Unlike floods or hurricanes where affected residents could possibly return to their homes, this eruption caused permanent displacement that involves complex recovery planning to assess whether to rebuild or to relocate. Although the eruption has paused, the Hawaii volcanoes observatory's alert level is "advisory" rather than "normal," reflecting the uncertainty that the eruption is over. The hazards persist with high subsurface temperatures, sporadic sulfur dioxide or hydrogen sulfide gas release, ground cracks, and potential to resume eruption, requiring additional resources to monitor and respond, while concurrently initiating recovery.
Eruption-related impacts and losses are extensive. Over eight thousand acres were inundated by lava tens of feet thick, covering entire neighborhoods, farms, a school, cultural sites, recreational destinations, roadways, water systems, and large portions of the electrical grid. The eruption was centered in the heart of the most socio-economically vulnerable communities, pushing many households deeper into poverty and destroying what little wealth had been accumulated. More than seven hundred homes were destroyed, totaling over $100,000,000 in property losses. Over three thousand parcels were destroyed or made inaccessible, translating to $4,000,000 in annual county real property tax revenue losses. A thirty-eight megawatt geothermal power plant shut down and was isolated, resulting in the loss of one-third of the county's power production and half of its renewable energy portfolio. Economic impacts are in the hundreds of millions of dollars, including an unprecedented one hundred thirty-four day closure of Hawaii volcanoes national park, the county's largest tourist attraction and economic engine, and an estimated $27,900,000 in lost papaya, nursery, orchid, vegetable, and tree crops.
The scale of the recovery exceeds the county's capacity. As a rural county with the lowest average per capita income in the State, the county's $500,000,000 annual operating budget has been stretched to its limit with the $4,000,000 annual revenue loss from the inundated properties, the depletion of disaster response reserves for overtime and expenses incurred to respond to the disaster, and the looming bargaining unit salary and benefit increases beyond the county's control. Even with federal disaster assistance, the county will need additional assistance to provide the local match to federal funding and to address recovery needs beyond what federal programs cover.
The purpose of this Act is to appropriate funds to meet the needs for response, relief, and recovery activities in the county of Hawaii including:
(1) Covering the local cost share of various federal programs, including the twenty-five per cent cost share for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's public assistance and hazard mitigation programs as required by the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, and other federal programs that may become available from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration, and other departments or agencies;
(2) Covering the costs of recovery projects that may or may not be covered by federal programs in accordance with a recovery plan to address needs related to temporary and permanent housing, infrastructure and public facilities, economic recovery, community planning, health and social services, and ongoing emergency response as needed; and
(3) Covering the costs to administer and implement the various funding sources to ensure efficiency and accountability.
SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $61,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2019-2020 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020-2021 for regional infrastructure and public facilities projects to support resettlement patterns in the county of Hawaii in accordance with a Kilauea eruption recovery plan.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the office of the governor for the purposes of this Act, provided that the moneys appropriated pursuant to this section shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year for which the moneys have been appropriated; provided further that any moneys appropriated pursuant to this section that are unencumbered as of June 30, 2021, shall lapse on that date.
SECTION 3. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $55,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2019-2020 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020-2021 for temporary or permanent housing projects to accommodate the impacted population in the county of Hawaii in accordance with a Kilauea eruption recovery plan.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the office of the governor for the purposes of this Act, provided that the moneys appropriated pursuant to this section shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year for which the moneys have been appropriated; provided further that any moneys appropriated pursuant to this section that are unencumbered as of June 30, 2021, shall lapse on that date.
SECTION 4. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $23,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2019-2020 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020-2021 for emergency operations, major equipment repair and maintenance, or construction of emergency bypass routes in the county of Hawaii.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the office of the governor for the purposes of this Act, provided that the moneys appropriated pursuant to this section shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year for which the moneys have been appropriated; provided further that any moneys appropriated pursuant to this section that are unencumbered as of June 30, 2021, shall lapse on that date.
SECTION 5. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $10,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2019-2020 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020-2021 for administrative support and establishment of implementation systems relating to relief and recovery assistance from disaster damages, losses, and suffering caused by the extensive damages of the Kilauea eruption in the county of Hawaii and for preparation for ongoing emergency response.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the office of the governor for the purposes of this Act, provided that the moneys appropriated pursuant to this section shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year for which the moneys have been appropriated; provided further that any moneys appropriated pursuant to this section that are unencumbered as of June 30, 2021, shall lapse on that date.
SECTION 6. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $4,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2019-2020 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020-2021 for economic recovery programs, including loans, to revitalize the impacted agricultural industry in the county of Hawaii.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of agriculture for the purposes of this Act, provided that the moneys appropriated pursuant to this section shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year for which the moneys have been appropriated; provided further that any moneys appropriated pursuant to this section that are unencumbered as of June 30, 2021, shall lapse on that date.
SECTION 7. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $2,000,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2019-2020 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020-2021 for permanent air quality stations and mental health programs in the county of Hawaii.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of health for the purposes of this Act, provided that the moneys appropriated pursuant to this section shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year for which the moneys have been appropriated; provided further that any moneys appropriated pursuant to this section that are unencumbered as of June 30, 2021, shall lapse on that date.
SECTION 8. Should any projects paid for by state funds under this Act later become eligible for federal reimbursement, the federal reimbursement funds shall be deposited into the general fund; provided that money expended by a state or county department or agency for projects under this Act that later become eligible for federal reimbursements shall be reimbursed to the appropriate state or county department or agency.
SECTION 9. The office of the governor, the department of agriculture, and the department of health shall submit annual reports to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the 2020, 2021, and 2022 regular sessions. The reports shall include, at a minimum, the following:
(1) The date of each expenditure;
(2) A description of each expenditure, including its purpose;
(3) The name of the agency receiving each expenditure; and
(4) Prospects for reimbursement or relationship to other sources of funding.
SECTION 10. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2019.
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INTRODUCED BY: |
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By Request |
Report Title:
Hawaii County Mayor's Package; State Budget; Office of the Governor; HDOA; DOH; Kilauea Eruption Disaster Relief and Recovery; Appropriations
Description:
Appropriates funds to the Office of the Governor, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Health for disaster relief and recovery for the County of Hawaii.
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