SB 2421

SD1

RELATING TO TOURISM.

Increases membership of the HTA board; clarifies that HTA is a policy-making board; requires legislative notice for HTA contracts over $25,000; requires periodic audit of all contracts over $15,000,000. (SD1)

SB 2635

RELATING TO TOURISM.

Repeals redundant tourism laws and assigns key duties of the office of tourism to the Hawaii Tourism Authority.

SB 2709

SD1

RELATING TO THE CONVENTION CENTER.

Assigns responsibility to market, operate, manage, and maintain the Hawaii convention center facility to the Hawaii tourism authority; establishes a Hawaii convention center enterprise special fund and a convention center facility reserve special fund; formally repeals old convention center authority law. (SD1)

SB 2875

SD1

RELATING TO TOURISM.

Requires amounts of Hawaii tourism authority's tourism product enrichment and diversification grants to be awarded to counties as follows: up to 14.5% to Kauai, up to 18.6% to Hawaii, up to 22.8% to Maui, and up to 44.1% to Honolulu; empowers county mayors to determine program administration, project feasibility, and post-event analysis; provides that moneys may be redistributed if criteria not met. (SD1)

SB 2904

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR FUNDING A SECOND AMBULANCE TO SERVICE THE WAIANAE COAST.

Appropriates funds for a second ambulance for the Waianae Cost area.

SB 2907

SD1

RELATING TO TAXATION.

Establishes a tax credit for qualified investment at Ko Olina Resort and Marina. (SD1)

SB 3021

SD1

RELATING TO MOTION PICTURE AND FILM PRODUCTION.

Expands the tax credit for motion picture and film production to include up to 22 per cent of the costs of wages and salaries, capped at $25,000 per employee; includes commercials in motion picture and film production. (SD1)

SB 2306

SD1

RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Streamlines the process of implementing the Airports Division's capital improvement program projects by reducing redundant requirements; exempts structures and improvements for security purposes at airports from county special management area permitting requirements. (SD1)

SB 2325

SD1

RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE.

Raises the drivers education fund underwriters fee from $2 to $3 a year on each motor vehicle; allocates one-third of fees to the judiciary program and two-thirds to the department of education programs. (SD1)

SB 2331

SD1

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION OF THE KOREAN WAR COMMISSION.

Appropriates funds for the 50th Anniversary Commemoration of the Korean War Commission; reestablishes the commission. (SD1)

SB 2382

SD1

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR A NATIONAL KOREAN WAR MUSEUM.

Appropriates funds to establish a National Korean War museum. (SD1)

SB 2488

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR PARKING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.

Appropriates moneys for Parking for Persons with Disabilities.

SB 2550

SD1

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT RECORDS.

Amends section 92-21 to provided that coping cost shall be not less than 5 cents or more than 25 cents per page, sheet, or a fraction thereof. (SD1)

SB 2702

SD1

RELATING TO THE KALAELOA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.

Consolidates the Barber's Point Naval Air Station Redevelopment Authority. (SD1)

SB 2736

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT STATUS OF PERSONNEL OF THE HAWAII NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH CHALLENGE ACADEMY.

Excludes employees of the Hawaii National Guard Youth Challenge Academy from civil service and collective bargaining.

SB 2737

RELATING TO DISASTER RELIEF.

Clarifies the protections afforded private agencies and entities engaged in civil defense functions.

SB 2785

SD1

RELATING TO SAFETY INSPECTION FREQUENCIES FOR REGULATED EQUIPMENT.

Allows the Department to set reinspection frequencies of boilers and pressure systems and elevators and kindred equipment based on safety considerations but not more than 1 year. (SD1)

SB 2817

SD1

RELATING TO THE REPEAL OF NULL AND VOID AND UNNECESSARY ADMINISTRATIVE RULES.

Repeals administrative rules that are either null and void or unnecessary. (SD1)

SB 2842

SD1

RELATING TO CONCESSIONS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.

Authorizes the Director of Transportation to extend revocable permits for concessions beyond the current one-year limit if extensions are necessary in light of an emergency, such as a natural disaster, or in the event of an economic emergency. (SD1)

SB 3060

RELATING TO BICYCLE SAFETY EDUCATION.

Appropriates funds to conduct bicycle safety education classes for fourth grade students in Hawaii.

SB 2003

RELATING TO WATER CONSERVATION.

Requires all state agencies to: (1) designate an unspecified portion of maintenance budgets for water conservation retrofitting; and (2) comply with requests by county water boards for voluntary reductions of water consumption.

SB 2238

RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES.

Authorizes the issuance of $50,000,000 in SBRBs for Wailuku River Hydroelectric Power Company, Inc.

SB 2667

RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS.

Eliminates "urban" as a requirement that limits the board of land and natural resources to leasing public lands for historic preservation and restoration projects.

SB 2669

RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST PROJECTS ON THE ISLANDS OF MAUI AND HAWAII.

Authorizes issuance of $25 million, $15 million, and $15 million in special purpose revenue bonds to Pacific Wind Energy LLC for 20-megwatt, 10-megawatt, and 10-megawatt wind farms on Maui, and South Point and North Kohala on the Big Island.

SB 2713

SD1

RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL SITE CLEANUP.

Establishes a Brownfields Clean-up Revolving Loan Fund to provide low interest loans for the clean-up of contaminated brownfields sites. (SD1)

SB 2774

SD1

RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM FINANCING.

Expands the categories of parties eligible for loans from the Drinking Water Treatment Revolving Fund and the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund Programs. (SD1)

SB 2811

RELATING TO THE BUREAU OF CONVEYANCES.

Increases the amount of funding for the Bureau of Conveyances to continue modernization efforts and ensure adequate staffing.

SB 2812

RELATING TO NONCOMMERCIAL PIERS.

Authorizes the BLNR to lease, by direct negotiation and with recourse to public auction, State submerged lands for private nonresidential noncommercial piers.

SB 2773

SD1

MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION.

Requests an emergency appropriation for services provided by the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division associated with the Felix vs. Cayetano consent decree. (SD1)

SB 2775

MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION FOR THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION.

Appropriates $5,000,000 in general funds for fiscal year 2001-2002 to repay funds advanced by the State, and to repay for mandated and rural healthcare costs for fiscal year 2001-2002.

RELATING TO LIQUOR TAX RATES.

Increases liquor tax revenue by converting the State's gallonage tax to an ad valorem tax.

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Senator Brian Taniguchi