Includes approximately $2.3 billion for capital improvement projects
throughout the state
Honolulu, Hawaii — The
full House approved the state budget March 15 with the passage of HB100 HD1,
which appropriates funds for both operating and capital improvements costs of
the Executive Branch for the current biennium fiscal years FY2017-2018 and
FY2018-2019. For FY2017-2018, the bill
provides $7.08 billion in general funds and $13.9 billion in all means of
financing. For FY2018-2019, it
appropriates $7.3 billion in general funds and $14.1 billion in all financing
means.
The budget also includes a total of nearly $1.9 billion for FY2018 and $926 million for FY2019
for capital improvement projects (CIP) throughout the state. Of the total CIP funds, $1.1 billion go to
CIP projects on Oahu, $376 million to Maui County (including Molokai and Lanai),
$361 million for Hawaii Island, and $ 167 million for Kauai.
“This year we have proposed a very practical budget because income
estimates for the state are declining,” said House Speaker Joseph M. Souki
(Kahakuloa, Waihee, Waiehu, Puuohala, Wailuku, Kahului). “The priority is to
meet the budgetary needs of our core programs including education, kupuna care,
homelessness, health programs, environmental protection and transportation.
This budget accomplishes that goal.”
The state budget consists of two major funding allocations:
Capital Improvement Projects funding (CIP) is money earmarked to build and
maintain the state’s physical infrastructure; operating funds are monies used
to actually run or operate state programs and services.
“General excise tax collections for several months now have
been showing zero growth as compared to last year,” said House Finance Chair Sylvia
Luke (Makiki, Punchbowl, Nuuanu, Dowsett Highlands, Pacific Heights, Pauoa). “On
Monday, the Council on Revenues readjusted downwards the fiscal outlook for the
next two years. This budget is the recognition by the committee that this is
not the time to create new programs if they are at the expense of preserving
our core services.”
Operating
Biennium Budget Totals:
FY2018: $7.08 billion General Funds
FY2019: $7.3 billion General Funds
FY2018: $13.9 billion All Means of
Financing
FY2019: $14.1 billion All Means of
Financing
Operating funding highlights
Department of the
Attorney General
·
$110,000 to maintain the Criminal Justice
Information System
·
$101,000 to Maintain the Upgraded Automated
Fingerprint Identification System
·
$95,000 for the Hawaii Integrated Justice
Information Sharing Program
Department of
Business, Economic Development, and Tourism
·
$3,000,000 for an Excelerator program in the
High Tech Development Corporation
·
$80,000 to promote Hawaii as a destination for
films
Department of Budget
and Finance
·
$15,001,114 to centralize vacation payout for
general funded employees statewide
·
$3,695,200 for upgrades for the Employees’
Retirement System
Department of Defense
·
$360,000 for 10-year motor vehicle replacement
plan
·
$80,000 for a Hawaii State Fusion Center
director
Department of
Education
·
$5,600,000 to expand the Hawaii Keiki Healthy
and Ready to Learn Program
·
$2,027,645 to support the Office of Hawaiian
Education
·
$1,040,593 and 20 positions to expand pre-K
programs in DOE preschools
·
$844,776 and 18 positions to support children
struggling with homelessness in the DOE
·
$500,000 to address R&M backlogs in state
libraries
·
40 preschool teachers and 20 educational assistants
to support special education students in DOE preschools
Department of Human
Services
·
$3,000,000 for Rapid Re-Housing program to keep
people out of homelessness
·
$3,000,000 for Housing First Program to keep
chronically homeless individuals in housing
·
$1,500,000 for homeless outreach
·
$300,000 for homeless shelter maintenance and
repair
·
$2,100,000 for low income family and elderly
housing facilities
·
$400,000 for services for child victims of sex
trafficking
Department of Human
Resources Development
·
$3,274,000 for workers’ compensation claims
·
$350,000 for pilot program to improve
effectiveness of employees
·
$101,080 for professional development courses
for state employees
Department of Health
·
$40,710,951 for various federal grants to
support the Disease Outbreak Control Program
§
$24,000,000 for support to local hospitals
responding to emergency outbreaks
§
$13,200,000 for immunizations and vaccines for
children
§
$3,510,951 for other grants
·
$4,314,600 for a voluntary family planning
program grant
·
$4,145,695 for Kupuna Care
·
$3,000,000 as a match for the maternal, infant,
and early childhood home visiting grant
·
$1,700,000 for Aging and Disability Resource
Centers (ADRC)
·
$1,912,836 to rebase home and community care
service subsidies
·
$422,540 for vector control
·
$300,000 to increase the inventory of clean and
sober housing
·
$157,168 and 1 program specialist position for
the Long Term Care Ombudsman
·
$150,000 for a Statewide Telehealth Pilot
project
·
$102,000 for 2 epidemiological specialists to
help with surveillance of disease outbreak
Department of Labor
·
$515,386 and 1 position for Disability
Compensation Division modernization
·
$205,00 for Community Services Block Grant
·
$41,197 for Commodity Supplemental Food Program
Federal Grant
Department of Land
and Natural Resources
·
$4,000,000 for Hawaii Invasive Species Council
operations
·
$3,405,749 for Native Resources and Fire
Protection operations
·
$2,832,996 for Forest Reserve Management and
Development operations
·
$500,000 for Bureau of Conveyances to modernize
accessibility to records
·
$500,000 to implement an Integrated Information
Management System
·
$250,000 for the Ala Wai Watershed Initiative
Department of
Transportation
·
$124,400,000 for 10-year replacement plans for
motor vehicles, equipment, and ongoing base funding for special maintenance
projects
§
$35,500,000 for airports
§
$17,600,000 for harbors
§
$71,300,000 for highways
·
$4,000,000 for highway cleanup services in
Department of Transportation
·
$3,000,000 in state matching funds for Airport
Rescue and Firefighting vehicles statewide
University of Hawaii
System
·
$600,000 and 6 psychologist positions to address
mental health concerns of students enrolled in the University of Hawaii System
Capital Improvement Projects
(CIP)
Capital
Improvement Program Biennium Budget Totals:
FY2018: $784.9 million General Obligation
Bond Funds
FY2019: $304.9 million General Obligation
Bond Funds
FY2018: $1,997.8 billion All Means of
Financing Funds
FY2019: $926.5 million All Means of Financing
Funds
CIP
highlights
Agriculture
·
$10
million for the development of an agricultural park in Upcountry Maui
·
$3.7
million for improvements to the Waimanalo irrigation system
Accounting and General Services
·
$19 million for
Aloha Stadium to meet code, safety, and/or operational requirements
·
$25 million for improvements
and maintenance of existing public facilities and sites, statewide.
Business, Economic Development, and Tourism
·
$3 million for an
underground utility distribution system on Enterprise Avenue to Midway Road in
Kalaeloa
·
$50 million for
the Rental Housing Revolving Fund and the Dwelling Unit Revolving Fund to
finance additional affordable rental housing
Defense
·
$6 million to
retrofit buildings with hurricane protective measures to increase the number of
emergency shelters, statewide
·
$5 million for
incremental addition, replacement, and upgrade of the state Civil Defense
warning and communications equipment, statewide
Education
Lump sums of CIP that total over $202 million for
school facilities statewide to address equity, school condition, and program
support.
·
$13.4 million for
a new classroom building at Campbell High School
·
$77 million for
the construction of the new East Kapolei Middle School
·
$28.2 million for
the construction of the new Pohukaina Elementary School
·
$10 million for
health, safety, accessibility, and other code requirements for public
libraries, statewide
Hawaiian Home Lands
·
$74 million for
lot development, repair, and maintenance of Hawaiian Home Lands
Human Services
·
$2 million for
site and dwelling improvements, site utilities, rock fall protection, exterior
building repairs, and roof repairs at Puahala Homes
·
$10.7 million for
interior and exterior building and site improvements at Hale Po‘ai
·
$1.5 million for
rockfall mitigation at Hauiki Homes
Health
·
$1.6 million for
improvements and renovations to the Kahuku Medical Center
·
$24.4 million for
improvements and renovations to the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation,
statewide
·
$4.4 million for
improvements to health facilitates, statewide
·
$2.1 million to
modernize elevators at Diamond Head, Lanakila, and Leeward Health Centers
·
$4.5 million for
re-roofing, interior and exterior improvements to the Hilo Counseling Center
and Keawe Health Center
Land and Natural Resources
·
$4.5 million for assessments, maintenance, and remediation of dams
under the jurisdiction of the Department of Land and Natural Resources
·
$5 million for dredging and related improvements to the Ala Wai
Canal
·
$6 million for rockfall and flood mitigation at various locations,
statewide
·
$200,000 for hazardous tree mitigation in forest reserves, game
management areas, natural are reserves, and wildlife sanctuaries
·
$800,000 to provide statewide support for fire and natural
disaster response
·
$4.5 million for improvements at various boating facilities,
statewide
·
$9 million for flood damage reconstruction at the Iao Valley State
Monument, Maui
Public Safety
·
$53.5 million for
electrical and mechanical infrastructure improvements and rehabilitation of
buildings, at Public Safety facilities, statewide
·
$6.7million for a
new consolidated women's housing associated support office, and other
improvements at the Women's Community Correctional Center (WCCC), Oahu
Transportation
·
$46.1million for
renovations and new restroom facilities at airports statewide
·
$170 million for
improvements to the overseas terminal ticket lobby at Honolulu International
Airport, Oahu
·
$30 million for
improvements at gates 29 and 34 to accommodate A380 Aircraft at Honolulu
International Airport, Oahu
·
$8.7 million for a
new United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Inspection
Station at Kona International Airport, Hawaii
·
$50 million for a
Federal Inspection Stations (FIS) at Kona International Airport, Hawaii
·
$39.2 million for
holdroom and gate improvements at Kahului Airport, Maui
·
$10.5 million for
inbound baggage handling system improvements, Kahului Airport, Maui
·
$7.2 million for
terminal improvements at Molokai Airport, Molokai
·
$4.5 million for a
new aircraft rescue and fire fighting (ARFF) garage, renovation of the
terminal, and replacement of airfield lighting at Kalaupapa Airport, Maui
·
$17.8 million for
ticket lobby and holdroom improvements at Lihue Airport, Kauai
·
$6.3 million to
address safety needs, optimize energy and operational efficiencies, and provide
essential infrastructure to Pier 24-28 at Honolulu Harbor, Oahu
·
$7.5 million to
address storm water run-off, erosion, passenger safety issues, ineffective
drainage, and/or subsurface irregularities at Nawiliwili Harbor, Kauai
·
$172.7 million for
rehabilitation and/or replacement of bridges, statewide
·
$7.5 million for
guardrail and shoulder improvements on state highways, statewide
·
$89 million for a
new roadway and/or realignment, and extending the Daniel K. Inouye Highway from
the Hilo Terminus to the Queen Kaahumanu Highway, Hawaii
·
$25.9 million for
improvements and installation of drainage systems on state highways, statewide
·
$50 million for
shoreline protection, highway realignment, and beach fill/nourishment for state
highways, statewide
University of Hawaii
·
$30
million for the Culinary Institute of the Pacific, Phase II at Kapiolani
Community College, Oahu
·
$5
million for renovations at Snyder Hall, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Oahu
·
$15
million for renovations and new facilities at community colleges and neighbor
island university campuses, statewide
·
$550,000
for renovations and improvements for University of Hawaii athletics facilities
to address Title IX compliances, statewide
·
$1.8
million for replacement and, renovation of fire alarm systems at the University
of Hawaii at Manoa, Oahu