§37-34  Appropriations available for
allotment; estimate of expenses.  (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 in whatever form as the
director may prescribe, of the amount required to carry on the work of the
department or establishment during that period and until the estimate is
approved, increased, or decreased by the director and funds are allotted
pursuant to section 37-35.



(b)  Before appropriations for the University
of Hawaii become available to the university, the university shall advise the
governor and the director of finance of the amount necessary for payments for
financing agreements under chapter 37D, the governor, with the assistance of
the director of finance, as may be necessary, shall establish allotment ceilings
for each source of funding of all of the appropriations of the University of
Hawaii for each allotment period and shall advise the university of these
determinations.



(c)  Any other law to the contrary
notwithstanding, general fund appropriations for the operating expenses of
public health facilities shall be made available to the public health
facilities for expenditure during any allotment period. [L Sp 1959 1st, c 12,
pt of §3; Supp, §35-22; HRS §37-34; am L 1986, c 320, §1; am L 1988, c 326, §3;
am L 1989, c 327, §1 and c 370, §2; am L 1994, c 281, §§4, 5; am L 1995, c 11,
§21; am L 1998, c 41, §2]