HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

 

AMENDMENT TO:			H.B. No. 2374, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1
OFFERED BY:
DATE:

 

            SECTION 1.  House Bill No. 2374, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1, is amended by deleting part I of the bill.

 

            SECTION 2.  House Bill No. 2374, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1, is amended by redesignating parts II and III as parts I and II, respectively.

 

            SECTION 3.  House Bill No. 2374, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1, is amended by appropriately renumbering certain section references accordingly.

 

            SECTION 4.  House Bill No. 2374, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1, is amended by adding a new part on page 3 to read as follows:

 

"PART III

     SECTION 5.  There are appropriated from the sources of funding indicated below to administration (JUD 601) the following sums or so much thereof as may be necessary to fund for fiscal biennium 2023-2025 all collective bargaining cost items in the agreement negotiated with the exclusive representative of collective bargaining units (1) and (10) and their excluded counterparts:

                        FY 2023-2024        FY 2024-2025

General funds                -0-                1,709,922

     SECTION 6.  Funds appropriated by this part shall be expended by the chief justice in the respective fiscal year for the purposes of this part."

            SECTION 5.  House Bill No. 2374, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1, section 11, is amended by renumbering it as section 12 and making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment on page 6, line 6.

 

            SECTION 6.  House Bill No. 2374, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1, section 13, is amended by renumbering it as section 14 and amending section 14 to read as follows:

 

     "SECTION 14.  (a)  In accordance with section 9 of article VII of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii and sections 37-91 and 37-93, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the legislature has determined that the appropriations contained in H.B. No. 40, S.D. 1, C.D. 1, will cause the state general fund expenditure ceiling for fiscal year 2024-2025 to be exceeded by $323,323,869 or 3.1 per cent.  In addition, the appropriations contained in this Act will cause the general fund expenditure ceiling for fiscal year 2024-2025 to be further exceeded by $365,395,743 or 3.3 per cent.  The combined total amount of general fund appropriations contained in only these two Acts will cause the state general fund expenditure ceiling for fiscal year 2024-2025 to be exceeded by $688,719,612 or 6.4 per cent.

     (b)  In accordance with section 9 of article VII of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii and sections 37-91 and 37-93, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the legislature has determined that the appropriations contained in this Act will cause the state general fund expenditure ceiling for fiscal year 2024-2025 to be exceeded by $365,395,743 or 3.3 per cent.

     (c)  The reasons for exceeding the general fund expenditure ceiling are that:

     (1)  The appropriations made in this Act are necessary to serve the public interest; and

     (2)  The appropriations made in this Act meet the needs addressed by this Act."

            SECTION 7.  House Bill No. 2374, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1, section 14, is amended by renumbering it as section 15 and to read as follows:

 

     "SECTION 15.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2024."

 

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	CHIEF CLERK, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES