HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2238
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS.

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

SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to reclassify certain non-general funds of the department of accounting and general services, pursuant to the recommendations made by the auditor in auditor's report no. 23-17.

SECTION 2. Section 26-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsections (h) and (i) to read as follows:

"(h) The department of accounting and general services shall preserve and protect Washington Place, including the grounds and the historic residence situated on its premises at Miller and Beretania Streets in Honolulu. The department shall administer, manage, operate, and maintain Washington Place and the [trust] special fund created under subsection (i).

(i) There is established a [trust] special fund in the state treasury to be known as the Washington Place [trust] special fund, into which shall be deposited:

(1) All rents and fees collected for the use of Washington Place and from activities conducted on the premises;

(2) All other money received for the fund from any other source; and

(3) All income and interest earned or accrued on moneys deposited into the [trust] special fund.

All moneys deposited into the [trust] special fund shall be expended by the department of accounting and general services and used exclusively to implement the provisions of subsection (h), including for staff salaries and fringe benefits, and shall not be transferred, nor subject to transfer, to the general fund or any other fund in the state treasury."

SECTION 3. The following trust accounts shall be reclassified as trust funds:

(1) The refundable deposits--public works--leasing branch trust account, administratively established in 2019;

(2) The refundable deposits--public works--other than leasing trust account, administratively established in 2019;

(3) The state foundation on culture and the arts trust account, administratively established in 1984;

(4) The temporary deposits--automotive management trust account, administratively established in 1996; and

(5) The temporary deposits--public works trust account, administratively established in 1988.

SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2024.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

DAGS; Auditor; Report; Recommendations; Reclassification of Funds

Description:

Reclassifies certain non-general funds of the Department of Accounting and General Services, pursuant to the recommendations made by the Auditor in Auditor's Report No. 23-17.

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