Appropriates funds for the office of Hawaiian affairs' biennial operating budget.

A BILL FOR AN ACT

SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to appropriate funds for the biennial budget of the office of Hawaiian affairs.

SECTION 2. Unless otherwise clear from the context, as used in this Act:

"Program ID" means the unique identifier for the specific program, and consists of the abbreviation for the office of Hawaiian affairs followed by a designated number for the program.

"Means of Financing", or "MOF", means the source from which funds are appropriated or authorized, as the case may be, to be expended for the programs and projects specified in this Act. Letter symbols following appropriations have the following meanings:

A: General Funds

T: Trust Funds

"Position ceiling" means the maximum number of permanent positions authorized for a particular program during a specified period or periods, as noted by an asterisk.

SECTION 3. The following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes and programs designated herein, are appropriated or authorized, as the case may be, from the sources of funding specified to the office of Hawaiian affairs for the fiscal biennium beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2003. The total general fund expenditures and the number of permanent positions established in each fiscal year of the biennium shall not exceed the sums and the position ceiling indicated for each year, except as provided elsewhere in this Act.

APPROPRIATIONS

FISCAL M FISCAL M

ITEM PROG. EXPENDING YEAR 0 YEAR 0

NO. ID. PROGRAM AGENCY 2001-02 F 2002-03 F

Office of Hawaiian Affairs

1. OHA150 OFFICE OF THE TRUSTEES

1.25 * 1.25 *

OPERATING OHA 26,761 A 26,761 A

3.75 * 3.75 *

OHA 106,990 T 106,990 T

2. OHA160 ADMINISTRATION

7.50 * 7.50 *

OPERATING OHA 920,846 A 833,846 A

23.00 * 23.00 *

OHA 1,947,106 T 1,530,943 T

3. OHA170 PROGRAM SYSTEMS GROUP

5.00 * 5.00 *

OPERATING OHA 1,021,547 A 1,021,547 A

15.50 * 15.50 *

OHA 1,396,089 T 1,396,089 T

4. OHA180 HAWAIIAN RIGHTS DIVISION

4.75 * 4.75 *

OPERATING OHA 650,509 A 650,509 A

14.75 * 14.75 *

OHA 995,844 T 995,844 T

SECTION 4. Provided that the general fund appropriations in section 3 of this Act shall be expended by the office of Hawaiian affairs.

SECTION 5. Provided that of the funds appropriated for program systems group (OHA 170), the sum of $298,000 in general funds and $298,000 in trust funds for fiscal year 2001-2002 and the sum of $298,000 in general funds and $298,000 in trust funds for fiscal year 2002-2003 shall be expended for services on a fee work contracted to Alu Like, Inc.

SECTION 6. Provided that of the funds appropriated for program systems group (OHA 170), the sum of $68,000 in general funds and $68,000 in trust funds for fiscal year 2001-2002 and the sum of $68,000 in general funds and $68,000 in trust funds for fiscal year 2002-2003 shall be expended for the gifted and talented native Hawaiian children program, Na Pua No'eau.

SECTION 7. Provided that of the funds appropriated for program systems group (OHA 170), the sum of $40,000 in general funds and $40,000 in trust funds for fiscal year 2001-2002 and the sum of $40,000 in general funds and $40,000 in trust funds for fiscal year 2002-2003 shall be contracted for the native Hawaiian diet program.

SECTION 8. Provided that of the funds appropriated for Hawaiian rights division (OHA 180), the sum of $333,512 in general funds and $333,512 in trust funds for fiscal year

2001-2002 and the sum of $333,512 in general funds and $333,512 in trust funds for fiscal year 2002-2003 shall be expended for the native Hawaiian rights and land title projects contractually administered through the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation.

SECTION 9. Provided that whenever the need arises, the board of trustees of the office of Hawaiian affairs may transfer sufficient funds and positions between programs for research and development and operating purposes; provided further that these transfers shall not be inconsistent with legislative intent; and provided further that a report shall be made to the legislature no later than thirty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2002 and 2003.

SECTION 10. Provided that the office of Hawaiian affairs shall submit a report detailing all actual expenditures made for fiscal year 2001, actual expenditures as of November 1, 2001, and planned expenditures for fiscal year 2002, and planned expenditures for fiscal year 2003; provided further that this report shall be submitted to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2002.

SECTION 11. In the event that manifest clerical, typographical, or other mechanical errors are found in this Act, the board of trustees of the office of Hawaiian affairs is hereby authorized to correct such errors. All changes made pursuant to this section shall be reported to the legislature at its next session.

SECTION 12. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2001.