HRS §37-38
Spending must follow the categories set by lawmakers
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section says that money given to a government agency must be spent only in the categories that the legislature approved. You cannot move money from one category to another. It is a rule about how public funds are used.
state agencies
The statute, as written — Allotment according to classification prescribed in appropriation
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
Allotments shall be made according to the classifications of expenditures prescribed in the appropriation measure as enacted by the legislature, and the funds allotted for each classification of expenditure shall be used for no other classification of expenditure. [L Sp 1959 1st, c 12, pt of §3; Supp, §35-26; HRS §37-38]
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