Hawaii · statute · Haw. Rev. Stat. ch. 37 · 56 active provisions
It is declared to be the policy and intent of the legislature that the total appropriations made by it, or the total of any budget approved by it, for any department or establishment, shall be deemed to be the maximum amount authorized to meet the requirements of the department or establishment for the period of the ap…
Except as provided in section 37-41.5, no officer, department or establishment shall expend or be allowed to expend during any fiscal year any sum for any purpose not specifically authorized by the legislature for expenditure during that particular fiscal year, and not made available pursuant to the allotment system pr…
Sections 37-31 to 37-42 relating to the allotment system shall apply to all appropriations (including standing, continuing, or annual appropriations and special funds) for all departments and establishments, but shall not apply to refund accounts nor to appropriations for the courts or the legislature nor to payment of…
(a) No appropriation to which the allotment system is applicable shall become available to any department or establishment for expenditure during any allotment period until the department or establishment submits an estimate to the director of finance, at whatever time prior to the beginning of the allotment period and…
The department of education shall submit an annual allotment and expenditure plan, including a separate description of all existing financing agreements of the department of education that require funding, together with a statement of the amount of funding required, and all proposed financing agreements of the departme…
The director of finance shall review all estimates submitted under section 37-34 and, having due regard for: (1) The probable further needs of the department or establishment for the remainder of the term for which the appropriation was made; (2) The terms and purposes of the appropriation, the progress of collection o…
(a) The director of finance may modify or amend any previous allotment upon notice to the department or establishment concerned; provided that: (1) For the University of Hawaii, the director of finance may modify or amend any previous allotment only upon application of or notice to the university, and upon public decla…
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), when the director of finance determines at any time that the probable receipts from taxes or any other sources for any appropriation will be less than was anticipated, and that consequently the amount available for the remainder of the term of the appropriation or for any allot…
Allotments shall be made according to the classifications of expenditures prescribed in the appropriation measure as enacted by the legislature, and the funds allotted for each classification of expenditure shall be used for no other classification of expenditure.
The head of a department or establishment may, at any time during any allotment period, reduce the expenditure of money appropriated and allotted for that period for specific items and objects within the classification of expenditures prescribed in the appropriation measure and allotted to the department or establishme…
Except as to administrative expenditures, and except as otherwise provided by law, expenditures from trust funds may be made by any department or establishment without appropriation or allotment; provided that no expenditure shall be made from and no obligation shall be incurred against any trust fund in excess of the…
Unless otherwise provided by section 37-41.5 or any other law, every appropriation or part thereof of any kind made subject to sections 37-31 to 37-40, remaining unexpended and unencumbered at the close of any fiscal year shall lapse and be returned to the general fund in the manner prescribed in section 40-66.
(a) The department of education may retain up to five per cent of any appropriation, except for appropriations to fund financing agreements entered into in accordance with chapter 37D, at the close of a fiscal year and the funds retained shall not lapse until June 30 of the first fiscal year of the next fiscal biennium…
No department or establishment shall expend or be allowed to expend any sum, or incur or be allowed to incur any obligation in excess of an allotment. No obligation incurred in excess of the balance of an allotment shall be binding against the State, but where the obligation is violative only for having been made in ex…
The department of budget and finance shall carry out the capital improvement project allotment process, which shall consist of reviewing, prioritizing, and evaluating capital improvement project appropriation proposals submitted by state and county agencies to ensure conformity with statewide planning goals and objecti…
(a) The director of finance shall submit written notification to the legislature within ten days of any transfer of non-general funds to the general fund. (b) The director of finance shall prepare an annual report to be submitted to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each regular sessio…
No later than October 1 annually, each department shall submit to the legislature a report for each non-general fund account under its control that shall include but not be limited to the following: (1) The name of the fund and a cite to the law authorizing the fund; (2) The intended purpose of the fund; (3) The curren…
. No later than October 1 annually, each department shall submit to the legislature a report for each non-general fund account under its control that shall include but not be limited to the following: (1) A statement of its objectives; (2) Measures quantifying the target population to be served for each of the ensuing…
No later than October 1 annually, each department shall submit to the legislature a report for each non-general fund under its control that shall include but not be limited to the following: (1) Budget details by cost element; and (2) Non-general fund names and account codes for each item or object code.
The director of finance shall submit an annual report to the legislature no later than sixty days after the end of the fiscal year that shall, at minimum: (1) Identify all positions funded by appropriations intended for operating expenses including but not limited to equipment and motor vehicles; (2) Identify operating…
The purpose of this part is to place all special funds under legislative and executive budgetary control in the same manner as the general fund, with the exception of those funds subject to applicable federal laws or regulations and payments on principal and interest on revenue bonds.
All special funds maintained by all departments, commissions, boards, agencies, and establishments of the State shall be governed by this chapter, provided that departments and establishments shall not be authorized to make expenditures out of any special fund in excess of the moneys available in the special fund.
Special funds shall be established only pursuant to an act of the legislature. The legislature, in establishing or reviewing a special fund to determine whether it should be continued, shall ensure that the special fund: (1) Serves a need, as demonstrated by: (A) The purpose of the program to be supported by the fund;…
Revolving funds shall only be established pursuant to an act of the legislature. The legislature, in establishing or reviewing a revolving fund to determine whether it should be continued, shall ensure that the revolving fund: (1) Serves a need, as demonstrated by: (A) The purpose of the program to be supported by the…
(a) The judiciary and any department or agency that administratively establishes any new account or fund, within thirty working days of its establishment, shall transmit a report to the legislature. The report to the legislature shall include: (1) The justification for the establishment of the account or fund; and (2)…