Section 17-1423-5 - Authorization for service(a) The department shall initiate services to the eligible individual within forty-five calendar days of the date the application is approved.(b) Prior to the department's making payment for services as specified in section 17-1423-4, the individual shall sign a statement of intent to establish permanent residency in the person's homeland.(c) The provision of services by the department shall be limited by the availability of funds. (1) Payment for pictures, necessary documents, passports, and visas shall be authorized as the need arises. These payments shall be curtailed in favor of payment for airfare for individuals whose passports and visas are in order if funds are insufficient to meet both airfare and other costs.(2) The date of the request for authorization shall determine the order in which airfare is approved. In any year in which funds are not sufficient to meet the cost of the earliest request, the first subsequent request for airfare which can be met by the available funds shall be approved,(d) The department shall authorize and provide only those services specified in section 17-1423-4 which are not available to the eligible individual from another source such as the Hawaii sugar planters' association.[Eff JUN 29 1992] (Auth: HRS § 346-145) (Imp: HRS § 346-144)