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HI Rev Stat § 40-57 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 5. State Financial Administration|40. Audit and Accounting|40-57 Warrants on account of contracts.

 §40-57 Warrants on account of contracts. All warrants for bills on account of state contracts shall be made payable to the order of the person to whom the State is directly indebted, except as provided in section 40-58, and only after an original warrant voucher shall have been presented to the comptroller accompanied by all original bills and any other supporting document as may be required by the comptroller. The original warrant voucher shall have indorsed thereon the approval of the officer in whose department the contracts have been made, and the appropriation to which it is chargeable; and further, each original bill shall be specially certified to by the subordinate officer of the State supervising the work performed, or receiving the materials and supplies as specified in the contracts, that the work has been faithfully performed and that the materials and supplies were in a good and merchantable condition when received, unless the bill is for an advance payment or a deposit to be paid as specified in the department's contract, in which case the certification of the original bill by the subordinate officer is not required. No warrant shall be issued unless a copy of the contract or bid shall have been filed with the comptroller, together with a statement by the head of the department or agency that made the contract or accepted the bid, naming the appropriation to which the contract or bid is to be chargeable. [L 1898, c 39, §11F; RL 1925, §1453; RL 1935, §580; RL 1945, §1584; RL 1955, §34-34; am L 1957, c 152, §1; HRS §40-57; am L 1975, c 71, §4; am L 1986, c 3, §2 and c 94, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 40-57.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 5. State Financial Administration|40. Audit and Accounting|40-57.5 Comptroller's acceptance of vouchers for the Hawaii state medicaid program.

 §40-57.5 Comptroller's acceptance of vouchers for the Hawaii state medicaid program. The requirements of section 40-56 and section 40-57 to the contrary notwithstanding, the comptroller may, if satisfied as to the adequacy of related internal controls and audit trails, issue warrants for original warrant vouchers without accompanying original bills for payments to vendors of the Hawaii state medicaid program. Whenever the comptroller has given the comptroller's approval for the issuance of warrants under this section without accompanying original bills, the original bills shall be retained by the expending agency vouchering the payment, and shall be made available for authorized referencing, for the period prescribed by section 40-10 for the retention of vouchers, documents and other records or papers before destruction. For purposes of this section, the definition of original bills shall also include computer magnetic tape, computer listings, computer output microfilm, microfiche, and manually produced microfilm. [L 1976, c 174, §1; am L 1979, c 49, §1; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 40-57.6 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 5. State Financial Administration|40. Audit and Accounting|40-57.6 Duplicate bills accompanying vouchers.

  §40-57.6 Duplicate bills accompanying vouchers. Notwithstanding the requirement in sections 40-56 and 40-57 that an original warrant voucher be accompanied by all original bills, original warrant vouchers of any expending agency which fully utilizes the encumbrance segment of the comptroller's accounting system referred to in section 40-2 for obligations incurred for the purchase of materials, supplies, and incidentals, and on account of state contracts may be accompanied by duplicates of bills produced by the same impression as the original bills, or by means of photography, or by other equivalent techniques which accurately reproduce the original bills. The comptroller shall determine the acceptability of any document submitted in lieu of an original bill, and the comptroller's determination shall be final. [L 1984, c 129, §1; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 40-58 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 5. State Financial Administration|40. Audit and Accounting|40-58 In favor of assignees.

 §40-58 In favor of assignees. No assignment of moneys by a person to whom the State is directly indebted shall be effective unless the assignment is first approved by the comptroller or, in the case of the University of Hawaii and the department of education, by their respective chief financial officers. The comptroller or the chief financial officers of the University of Hawaii and the department of education may prescribe the form for an assignment, and may approve the assignment within a reasonable time period if, in their respective discretion, the rights or obligations of the State, the University of Hawaii, or the department of education under any contract or other undertaking or under any law, rule, or order by a competent authority will not be prejudiced thereby. Upon approval of the assignment, the comptroller or the respective chief financial officers of the University of Hawaii and the department of education shall draw a warrant payable to the assignee. Except as to contracts encumbered by the comptroller, the University of Hawaii, or the department of education, each expending agency, upon notification of the comptroller's approval of an assignment, shall prepare a claim for payment in accordance with the terms of the assignment. [L 1898, c 39, §11G; RL 1925, §1454; RL 1935, §581; RL 1945, §1585; RL 1955, §34-35; am L 1957, c 152, §1; HRS §40-58; am L 1973, c 16, §1; gen ch 1985; am L 1991, c 163, § §1, 3; am L 1993, c 314, §2; am L Sp 1993, c 8, §22; am L 1997, c 180, §1; am L 1998, c 115, §24; am L 2005, c 137, §1; am L 2006, c 161, § §5, 7; am L 2010, c 124, §3; am L 2015, c 44, §5; am L 2017, c 91, §6] Case Notes  Cited: 33 H. 602, 605.
HI Rev Stat § 40-59 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 5. State Financial Administration|40. Audit and Accounting|40-59 Comptroller to keep list of salaries, contracts, bids, etc.

 §40-59 Comptroller to keep list of salaries, contracts, bids, etc. The comptroller shall keep in the comptroller's office in a convenient form for easy reference a correct list of all state permanent settlements, specific salaries, payrolls, subsidies, rents, contracts, and all bids for materials and supplies; and in auditing all bills for service rendered or merchandise supplied, or other bills against the State, the comptroller shall compare all rates and prices charged with the list, and disallow all amounts in excess of the current rates and prices, as shown by the list, or that in the comptroller's judgment are excessive. [L 1898, c 39, §23; RL 1925, §1455; RL 1935, §582; RL 1945, §1586; RL 1955, §34-36; am L 1957, c 152, §1; HRS §40-59; am L 1975, c 78, §1; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 40-60 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 5. State Financial Administration|40. Audit and Accounting|40-60 Vouchers required; procedure if not obtainable.

 §40-60 Vouchers required; procedure if not obtainable. The comptroller shall not recognize any claim of whatsoever nature unless an original warrant voucher is presented for the same. No warrant shall be issued in payment for any claim except upon proper indorsement of the warrant voucher, notwithstanding any allegation of papers having been lost or destroyed, or of the impossibility of obtaining the prescribed original warrant voucher, so that it could not reasonably be obtained, except on application to one of the justices of the supreme court at chambers, who, after summoning the comptroller, and other persons the justice may think fit, may, upon evidence satisfactory to the justice that the requisite papers have been lost or destroyed, or that it is impossible or impracticable to procure them, prescribe a form of warrant voucher, which, bearing the approval of the justice, shall then be received by the comptroller and filed as in this chapter provided. All substitute warrant vouchers shall be considered binding on the State and all other parties. [L 1898, c 39, §17; RL 1925, §1459; RL 1935, §585; RL 1945, §1589; RL 1955, §34-39; am L 1957, c 152, §1; HRS §40-60; am L 1975, c 71, §5; gen ch 1985] Case Notes  Cited: 14 H. 393, 395; 38 H. 310, 326.
HI Rev Stat § 40-61 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 5. State Financial Administration|40. Audit and Accounting|40-61 Procedure when voucher defective.

 §40-61 Procedure when voucher defective. When an original warrant voucher produced for a claim is defective from the want of any certificate or other document which ought to have accompanied it, the comptroller may, upon proof being made to the comptroller's satisfaction that the public accountant did not wilfully neglect to procure the certificate, or document, and that the sum specified in the warrant voucher has been actually and properly incurred as a state liability, admit the warrant voucher as sufficient evidence of liability, and allow the amount to be paid. [L 1898, c 39, §18; RL 1925, §1460; RL 1935, §586; RL 1945, §1590; RL 1955, §34-40; am L 1957, c 152, §1; HRS §40-61; am L 1975, c 71, §6; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 40-62 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 5. State Financial Administration|40. Audit and Accounting|40-62 Payment of warrants.

 §40-62 Payment of warrants. Every lawful demand upon the treasury, duly audited as in this chapter provided, shall in all cases be paid by the director of finance on the date authorized and enfaced thereon or as soon thereafter as presented if there are sufficient funds at that time in the treasury applicable to the payment of the demand; and upon payment all warrants shall be canceled and proper entry made thereof. [L 1898, c 39, pt of §26; RL 1925, pt of §1462; am L 1927, c 219, pt of §9; RL 1935, pt of §588; RL 1945, pt of §1592; RL 1955, pt of §34-42; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §14; am 1963, c 114, §1; HRS §40-62] Case Notes  A "demand" is one for the payment of money. 27 H. 143.
HI Rev Stat § 40-63 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 5. State Financial Administration|40. Audit and Accounting|40-63 Director's warrant notes.

 §40-63 Director's warrant notes. If there are not sufficient moneys applicable to the payment of the demands, the director of finance shall issue, in lieu thereof, a director's warrant note or notes, equal in amount to the face value of the warrant or warrants so presented for payment, note to be substantially in the following form:   Director of Finance Warrant Note No.......................   Honolulu, Hawaii, ................................. 19....   On demand after date the Director of Finance of the State of Hawaii will pay to the order of...........................   .................. Dollars ($........) with interest at .. % a year, from date of issue to date of redemption.  ............................   Director of Finance  On redemption this warrant note will be charged to.........   .................................................... fund.  The governor and director shall determine the rate of interest each director's warrant note shall pay, which interest shall not be in excess of five per cent a year.  The director's warrant notes may be issued for the combined face value of any number of warrants or director's warrant notes previously issued against the same fund. Except for those notes issued to redeem director's warrant notes previously issued, no warrant note shall be issued except in payment of a warrant or warrants presented for payment as in this section provided. The director shall cancel every warrant or warrant note presented as hereinbefore mentioned.  All the director's warrant notes shall be issued upon the credit of the State, and the interest thereof shall be exempt from taxation. [L 1898, c 39, pt of §26; RL 1925, pt of §1462; am L 1927, c 219, pt of §9; am L 1931, c 7, §1; RL 1935, pt of §588; am L 1935, c 57, pt of §1; RL 1945, pt of §1592; RL 1955, pt of §34-42; am L 1957, c 152, §1; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §14; am L 1963, c 114, §1; HRS §40-63]
HI Rev Stat § 40-64 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 5. State Financial Administration|40. Audit and Accounting|40-64 Interest designated on warrant note.

 §40-64 Interest designated on warrant note. When the director of finance pays any note upon which interest is due, the director shall designate on the warrant note the amount of interest paid thereon, and enter on the director's account the amount of the interest distinct from the principal. [L 1927, c 219, §10; RL 1935, §589; RL 1945, §1593; RL 1955, §34-43; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §14; am L 1963, c 114, §1; HRS §40-64; gen ch 1985]
HI Rev Stat § 40-65 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 5. State Financial Administration|40. Audit and Accounting|40-65 Notice of payment of warrant notes.

 §40-65 Notice of payment of warrant notes. When there are sufficient moneys in the treasury to pay warrant notes, the director of finance shall give public notice for one week stating therein that the warrant notes whose numbers appear in the notice are payable, and that interest shall cease upon all the called warrant notes ten days after the first notice. [L 1898, c 39, §27; RL 1925, §1463; am L 1927, c 219, §11; RL 1935, §590; RL 1945, §1594; RL 1955, §34-44; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §14; am L 1963, c 114, §1; HRS §40-65; am L 1998, c 2, §13]
HI Rev Stat § 40-66 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 5. State Financial Administration|40. Audit and Accounting|40-66 Appropriations lapse when.

 §40-66 Appropriations lapse when. Unless otherwise provided by law all sums of money which are appropriated to the public service for any fiscal period, and which are not expended during the period, shall lapse, and shall not be issued or applied in any future fiscal period to the particular service for which the appropriation has been so made, unless a contract of engagement has been made and entered into before the expiration of the fiscal period by which a liability so to issue or apply the same has been incurred, and a certified copy of which contract or engagement has been deposited with the comptroller. [L 1898, c 39, §28; RL 1925, §1464; RL 1935, §591; RL 1945, §1595; RL 1955, §34-45; am L 1957, c 152, §1; am L Sp 1959 1st, c 13, §2; HRS §40-66] Case Notes  Cited: 16 H. 638, 642.
HI Rev Stat § 40-67 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 5. State Financial Administration|40. Audit and Accounting|40-67 Closing out appropriation accounts.

 §40-67 Closing out appropriation accounts. In all cases where an appropriation of public money is made, and an unexpended balance remains to the credit of the appropriation on the books of the comptroller after the purposes of the appropriation have been accomplished, or after the time has expired within which those purposes may be accomplished, or after a time when the reasons for the appropriation have ceased to exist, the comptroller, upon the receipt of a certificate from the head of the department or other public officer who is charged with the duty of expending the appropriation, stating that all outstanding accounts against the appropriation have been fully paid and satisfied, may, with the written approval of the governor, close out the appropriation account and transfer the unexpended balance to the credit of the unappropriated surplus of the fund from which the appropriation was made. [L 1921, c 230, §1; RL 1925, §1465; am L 1927, c 219, §12; RL 1935, §592; RL 1945, §1596; RL 1955, §34-46; am L 1957, c 152, §1; HRS §40-67]
HI Rev Stat § 40-68 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 5. State Financial Administration|40. Audit and Accounting|40-68 Nonpresentment of warrants and checks.

 §40-68 Nonpresentment of warrants and checks. Any warrant drawn upon the state treasury shall be presented at the treasury for payment before the close of the fiscal year next after the fiscal period in which it has been issued. Any check drawn from depositories of state treasury moneys shall be presented at such depositories for payment before the close of the fiscal year next after the fiscal period in which it has been issued. The director of finance shall pay out moneys for the payment, redemption, or purchase of state bonds and for the payment of interest thereon pursuant to chapter 39. All warrants or checks not so presented within that time shall be deemed to have been paid, and any money held at the expiration of that time in a special fund or account for the payment of the warrants or checks shall thereupon be transferred to a trust fund established and known as the nonpresentment of warrants and checks trust fund; provided that the fund balance in the trust fund shall not exceed $500,000 and any excess of that amount shall be transferred to the general fund; provided further that within the period of four fiscal years immediately following the year in which an amount of money was so transferred to the trust fund, the payee or assignee of the warrant or check, or, if the payee is deceased, the personal representative of the estate of the payee, or if the estate of the payee is closed, to any person lawfully entitled to the undisposed property of the deceased payee, upon filing with the comptroller a claim for recovery and any supportive evidence required by the comptroller, shall be paid the amount of the warrant or check out of the trust fund upon a warrant or check newly drawn by the comptroller. [L 1911, c 15, §1; RL 1925, §1466; RL 1935, §593; RL 1945, §1597; RL 1955, §34-47; am L Sp 1959 1st, c 13, §2; HRS §40-68; am L 1969, c 75, §1; am L 1974, c 30, §1; am L 1976, c 200, pt of §1; am L 1980, c 51, §2; am L 1994, c 221, § §1, 4; am L 1995, c 60, §2; am L 1996, c 112, § §1, 2 and c 180, § §1, 2]
HI Rev Stat § 40-81 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 5. State Financial Administration|40. Audit and Accounting|40-81 Report by agencies receiving special moneys.

 §40-81 Report by agencies receiving special moneys. All state officers, departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, or agencies collecting or receiving any moneys not required by law to be deposited in the state treasury shall report to the comptroller all receipts and disbursements on account thereof for each quarterly period of the calendar year not later than the fifteenth day following the end of each quarterly period on such forms and under such rules as may be prescribed by the comptroller; provided that with respect to all moneys held outside the state treasury by the University of Hawaii or the department of education pursuant to the authority granted to the university and the department of education by this chapter, the University of Hawaii and the department of education shall report to the comptroller all transactions for each quarterly period not later than the fifteenth day following the end of each quarterly period on such forms and under such rules as may be prescribed by the comptroller. [L 1941, c 224, §1; RL 1945, §1566; RL 1955, §34-15; am L 1957, c 152, §1; HRS §40-81; am L 1978, c 71, §1; am L 1986, c 321, § §8, 12; am L 1987, c 283, §69; am L 1989, c 371, §7; am L 1991, c 163, §3; am L 1993, c 314, §2; am L Sp 1993, c 8, §22; am L 1997, c 180, §1; am L 1998, c 115, §24; am L 2005, c 137, §1; am L 2006, c 161, § §6, 7; am L 2010, c 124, §4; am L 2015, c 44, §6; am L 2017, c 91, §7]
HI Rev Stat § 40-81.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 5. State Financial Administration|40. Audit and Accounting|40-81.5 Rapid transportation authority; certification statement.

  §40-81.5 Rapid transportation authority; certification statement. (a) Beginning on September 5, 2017, and ending on December 31, 2031, the comptroller, upon the request for payment by the rapid transportation authority, shall verify that the authority's invoices for the capital costs of a locally preferred alternative for a mass transit project comply with section 46-16.8(e).  (b) The rapid transportation authority subject to this section shall provide the comptroller with:  (1) The authority's financial plan and related systems for accounting, including a budget for a locally preferred alternative for a mass transit project;  (2) Expenditures for capital costs for a locally preferred alternative for a mass transit project;  (3) Expenditures for personnel costs, lease rent, and any other costs associated with the authority's management and operations; and  (4) Any other information the comptroller may require to accomplish the purpose of this section.  (c) After submission of invoices by the rapid transportation authority for capital costs of a locally preferred alternative for a mass transit project are verified by the comptroller as an acceptable use of funds received pursuant to a surcharge on state tax authorized pursuant to section 46-16.8, the comptroller shall submit a certification statement, including any appropriate supporting documents, to the department of budget and finance for the allocation of funds, if available, pursuant to sections 248-2.7 and 248-2.6(d). The certification statement shall include, at a minimum, the total amount contained in the invoices for capital costs that are verified as an appropriate use of funds pursuant to section 46-16.8(e).  (d) The comptroller may establish rules, exempt from chapter 91, for the purposes of this section.  (e) For the purposes of this section, "rapid transportation authority" means any entity established by a county in the State for the purpose of constructing, operating, or maintaining a locally preferred alternative for a mass transit project and that receives moneys from a surcharge on state tax established pursuant to section 46-16.8, transient accommodations tax revenues pursuant to section 237D-2(e), or both. [L Sp 2017, c 1, §13] Revision Note  "September 5, 2017" substituted for "the effective date of Act [1], First Special Session of 2017" pursuant to §23G-15.
HI Rev Stat § 40-82.5 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 5. State Financial Administration|40. Audit and Accounting|40-82.5 Delinquent accounts, collection.

 §40-82.5 Delinquent accounts, collection. Any state agency having an account due which is delinquent, may contract with a collection agency bonded under chapter 443B for collection of the delinquent account. The chairperson or director of the agency may make an agreement with the agency regarding the amount to be retained by it for services. [L 1982, c 88, §1; am L 1990, c 34, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 40-83 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 5. State Financial Administration|40. Audit and Accounting|40-83 Audit of public school accounts.

 §40-83 Audit of public school accounts. The comptroller shall cause to be examined and audited books of account kept by any public school in connection with school fees and all other moneys collected by these schools. All books of account shall be kept in such manner as shall be prescribed by the comptroller. [L 1932 2d, c 27, §1; RL 1935, §560; RL 1945, §1562; RL 1955, §34-11; am L 1957, c 152, §1; HRS §40-83]