HB 116 Summary

• Appropriates funds for Executive Branch operating budgets for fiscal years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 across multiple state departments and agencies.

• Authorizes new full-time and temporary positions including a business loan officer (Agriculture), special assistant to director (Agriculture), enforcement officers (Public Utilities Commission), and positions in correctional facilities, narcotics enforcement, and youth services.

• Provides specific appropriations for programs including cybersecurity enhancements ($1,038,240-$1,263,902), festival of pacific arts ($1,000,000), food safety grants ($350,000), family planning ($750,000), and lifeguard services at Kua Bay ($480,000).

• Includes provision requiring $250,000 from general funds for Wahiawa Civic Center Master Plan update study and $250,000 for pre-entry/post-entry inmate programs.

• Takes effect July 1, 2019, and allows the governor to correct clerical or mechanical errors in the act.