THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

299

THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023

S.D. 2

STATE OF HAWAII

H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO BUDGET-RELATED SUBMISSIONS TO THE LEGISLATURE.

 

 

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

 

     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that legislative staff spend weeks at the start of each legislative session transcribing the proposed budgets of the executive branch, judicial branch, and office of Hawaiian affairs into a form that is presentable to the public.  This transcription may lead to clerical, typographical, or other errors that obfuscate budgetary intentions.  This process also consumes critical time that could be better spent analyzing and contextualizing each request in the proposed budget.

     Accordingly, the purpose of this Act is to provide the legislature with the authority to prescribe the forms, in a form agreed to by the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate, of budget requests for the executive branch, judicial branch, and office of Hawaiian affairs, similar to the authority provided to the legislature by section 248-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to prescribe the form of county budget requests.

     SECTION 2.  Section 10-14.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  The budget, six-year program and financial plan, and the variance report of the office of Hawaiian affairs shall be submitted by the board to the legislature and to each member thereof in accordance with the budget submission schedule specified for the governor in chapter 37 and shall contain the program information specified in that chapter that is applicable to the office of Hawaiian affairs[.  Not] in a form that is prescribed by the legislature, upon the agreement of form by the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate.  No less than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session of the legislature, the office of Hawaiian affairs shall submit to the legislature an accounting of the expenditures made in the prior fiscal year, by account code and budget program.  By November 1 of each year preceding a legislative session in which a budget is to be submitted, the board shall provide written notification to the governor of the proposed total expenditures, by cost categories and sources of funding, and estimated revenues of the office of Hawaiian affairs for each fiscal year of the next fiscal biennium."

     SECTION 3.  Section 37-71, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  [Not] No fewer than thirty days before the legislature convenes in every odd-numbered year, the governor shall submit to the legislature and to each member thereof a budget that shall contain the program and budget recommendations of the governor for the succeeding two fiscal years[.] in a form prescribed by the legislature, upon the agreement of form by the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate.  The budget, in general, shall contain:

     (1)  The state program structure;

     (2)  Statements of statewide objectives;

     (3)  The financial requirements for the next two fiscal years to carry out the recommended programs; and

     (4)  A summary of state receipts and revenues in the last completed fiscal year, a revised estimate for the fiscal year in progress, and an estimate for the succeeding biennium."

     SECTION 4.  Section 37-72, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  [Not] No fewer than thirty days before the legislature convenes in regular session in an even-numbered year, the governor may submit to the legislature a supplemental budget to amend any appropriation for the current fiscal biennium[.] in a form prescribed by the legislature, upon the agreement of form by the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate.  The supplemental budget shall reflect the changes being proposed in the State's program and financial plan and shall be submitted as applicable, in the manner provided in section 37-71.  In any supplemental budget that proposes appropriations for which the source of funding is general obligation bonds, the budget shall include the schedule, declaration, and computation specified in section 37-71(d)(6)."

     SECTION 5.  Section 37-92, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended as follows:

     1.  By amending subsection (a) to read:

     "(a)  The governor shall submit a plan of proposed appropriations for the State to the legislature which shall accompany the state budget in odd-numbered years and the supplemental budget in even-numbered years.  The plan of proposed appropriations shall be in a form prescribed by the legislature, upon the agreement of form by the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate, and include the executive budget, proposed grants to private entities, and any specific appropriation measures to be proposed by the executive branch, and estimates of the aggregate proposed appropriations of the judicial and legislative branches of government.  In any year in which the plan of proposed appropriations from the general fund exceeds the expenditure ceiling, the governor shall set forth the dollar amount, the rate by which the expenditure ceiling would be exceeded, and the reasons for proposing appropriations in excess of those allowed under the expenditure ceiling."

     2.  By amending subsection (c) to read:

     "(c)  The governor shall submit a plan of proposed appropriations for the executive branch to the legislature which shall accompany the state budget in odd-numbered years and the supplemental budget in even-numbered years.  The plan of proposed appropriations shall be in a form prescribed by the legislature, upon the agreement of form by the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate, and include the executive budget, proposed grants to private entities, and any specific appropriation measures to be proposed by the executive branch."

     3.  By amending subsection (f) to read:

     "(f)  The chief justice shall submit a plan of proposed appropriations of the judicial branch to the legislature which shall accompany the judiciary biennial budget in odd-numbered years and the supplemental budget in even-numbered years.  The plan of proposed appropriations shall be in a form prescribed by the legislature, upon the agreement of form by the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate, and include the judiciary budget, proposed grants to private entities, and any specific appropriation measures to be proposed by the judicial branch."

     SECTION 6.  The executive branch, judicial branch, and office of Hawaiian affairs shall conform to this Act no later than December 1, 2023.

     SECTION 7.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 8.  This Act shall take effect on June 30, 3000.

 

Report Title:

OHA; Proposed Budget; Governor; Judiciary; Legislature

 

Description:

Authorizes the legislature, upon the agreement of form by the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate, to specify the form in which the proposed budgets of the executive branch, judicial branch, and office of Hawaiian affairs are submitted to the legislature.  Requires the executive branch, judicial branch, and office of Hawaiian affairs to conform no later than 12/1/2023.  Effective 6/30/3000.  (HD1)

 

 

 

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