Bill > SB1472

This bill addresses funding flexibility for state departments by introducing three key provisions. First, it allows the governor to make supplemental allotments and transfer unrequired balances for capital improvement projects funded by special funds, general obligation bonds, revenue bond funds, or revolving funds, with the condition that these transfers cannot increase a project's scope or impair the fund's original purpose. Second, the bill provides similar flexibility specifically for airport passenger facility charge funds, enabling the governor to make supplemental allotments from airport revenue funds and potentially increase the passenger facility charge fund authorization ceiling. Third, the bill establishes a $7,000 protocol fund for each principal state department in fiscal year 2024-2025, which can be spent at the discretion of the department's executive head (such as a director or president). The bill was created to address operational limitations caused by the omission of similar provisions in previous appropriations acts, essentially restoring budget flexibility that existed in prior years and allowing state departments more adaptability in managing their capital improvement project funding.

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https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1472&year=2026