It’s always interesting to see where the state spends money. New laws usually mean money out the door in the form of appropriations.
Governor Linda Lingle signed a bill which appropriated $38-million for the expenses of state government. A month later she signed a bill, an emergency appropriation at that, for $270,000 to pay for electricity, sewer, and insurance for The Aloha Stadium.
Non-appropriation laws include granting automated teller machine owners to charge a transaction fee to international cardholders. That bill was so important that Governor Lingle didn’t sign it, granting Lt. Governor Duke Aiona something to do.
Curiously, another law changed the name of the Board of Medical Examiners to the Hawaii Medical Board.
Legislators engage in all kinds of activity, and occasionally, some accomplishment. That Medical Examiner name has bothered me for years.
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