HB2247

Report Title:

Governor's emergency powers; business support

Description:

Amends Act 15, Third Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2001, by giving the Governor the power to suspend any statute, rule, or order to implement measures relating to loans for distressed businesses, the Enterprise Zone Program, and the use of the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund for repair and maintenance of HCDCH projects.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2247
TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2002
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO Business support.

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

SECTION 1. Act 15, Third Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2001, is amended by amending section 3 to read as follows:

"SECTION 3. Suspension of statutes and rules. (a) The governor may suspend, in whole or in part, any statute, rule, or order only to implement measures relating to:

(1) Grant-in-aid programs to provide food for Hawaii's needy;

(2) Programs to provide aid for persons exiting welfare after the maximum five years on November 30, 2001, for housing, childcare, clothing, and school supplies;

(3) Programs of the housing and community development corporation of Hawaii that provide financial assistance to Hawaii's needy;

(4) Establishment of a temporary health insurance program to be implemented by the department of human services;

(5) The creation of a temporary state additional benefits program to provide extended unemployment insurance benefits;

(6) Increasing filing thresholds for taxpayers filing withholding, general excise, use, transient accommodations, and rental motor vehicle and tour vehicle surcharge tax returns;

(7) Imposing the general excise tax, rather than the public service company tax, on transportation service providers;

(8) Implementation of an integrated marketing plan to market and promote the State of Hawaii as a visitor destination;

(9) Marketing the safety of and increased security at state airports;

(10) Strengthening security at state airports, harbors, and highways;

(11) Transferring funds from the Hawaii tobacco settlement fund to the emergency budget and reserve fund as authorized by the third special session of the twenty-first legislature;

(12) Establishment and implementation of an emergency environmental workforce to address environmental clearance and eradication services[,];

(13) Loans for distressed businesses;

(14) The enterprise zone program; and

(15) The use of funds in the dwelling unit revolving fund for repair and maintenance of projects owned by the housing and community development corporation of Hawaii,

when the governor determines that strict compliance with any statute, rule, or order would prevent, hinder, or delay the governor's efforts to facilitate continuity of business activities and services, or when written evidence is submitted by the appropriate state department or agency showing that the health or living standards of a substantial number of individuals are immediately at risk requiring relief such as welfare assistance, unemployment compensation, or health insurance.

(b) The governor shall provide public notice prior to the effective date whenever a statute, rule, or order is suspended in the same manner required for the publication of rules under section 4.

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________