SB 2121

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR PAPAYA RESEARCH.

Appropriates funds to research micropropagation and performance of the top papaya lines.

SB 2482

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO ABATE AGRICULTURAL THEFT.

Appropriates funds to establish an interagency task force to abate agricultural theft.

SB 2247

SD1

RELATING TO PARKS.

Creates a task force to develop an action plan for the transfer of jurisdiction over state parks from DLNR to the counties. (SD1)

SB 2411

SD1

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR MARKETING OF HAWAII PRODUCTS AND SERVICES.

Appropriates $1 to DBEDT to market Hawaii products and services. (SD1)

SB 3014

RELATING TO ALOHA STADIUM.

Requires the stadium authority to review and compare the current artificial turf with more technologically advanced turf products.

SB 2060

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Promotes the development of educational materials as an industry in Hawaii.

SB 2069

SD1

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HAWAII EDUCATIONAL POLICY CENTER.

Appropriates $75,000 for FY 2002-2003 for the Hawaii Educational Policy Center. (SD1)

SB 2206

SD1

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

Allows the department of education to utilize and hire attorneys other than the attorney general. (SD1)

SB 2284

SD1

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Appropriates $391,561 to the DOE for fiscal year 2002-2003 to continue the safety resource officer program in the central departmental school district. (SD1)

SB 2919

SD1

RELATING TO HAWAIIAN EDUCATION.

Establishes a noncontiguous Hawaiian Charter School District under the Department of Education to be governed by a Hawaiian school board. (SD1)

SB 2150

SD1

RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT.

Requires the department of human services to review each case of reported child abuse or neglect to ascertain if a medical referral should be made to obtain a definitive medical opinion on abuse or neglect. (SD1)

SB 2274

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SUPPORT FOR THE CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM OF THE MAUI AIDS FOUNDATION.

Appropriates funds to support the case management program of the Maui AIDS Foundation. Designates department of health as the expending agency.

SB 2275

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE MAUI ADULT DAY CARE CENTER.

Appropriates $250,000 to the department of human services for the Maui Adult Day Care Center.

SB 2276

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR MAUI FOOD BANK.

Appropriates $100,000 for Maui Food Bank.

SB 2416

SD1

RELATING TO THE HAWAII LONG-TERM CARE FINANCING ACT.

Enacts the Hawaii long-term care financing Act; creates a mandatory assessment system to collect taxes from employee paychecks; establishes an initial premium amount of $10 per month and an initial benefit payment of $70 per day for 365 days; creates the Hawaii long-term care benefits fund to hold the premiums and to pay benefits. (SD1)

SB 2438

SD1

RELATING TO HAWAII VICTIMS' ECONOMIC SECURITY AND SAFETY ACT.

Prohibits discrimination by employers against domestic violence victims. Entitles victims to employment leave. Establishes eligibility for unemployment insurance. Provides for workplace safety program tax credit. (SD1)

SB 2568

SD1

RELATING TO LANGUAGE ACCESS FOR PERSONS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY.

Appropriates $60,000 for FY 2002-2003 to create a commission on language access. Appropriates unspecified amounts for the DOH and DHS to develop and implement systems by which limited English speaking persons can access services, activities, and programs within each department. (SD1)

SB 2829

SD1

RELATING TO TAXATION OF PERSONS WITH IMPAIRED SIGHT OR HEARING OR WHO ARE TOTALLY DISABLED THAT ARE ENGAGED IN BUSINESS.

Provides the same general excise tax benefits to persons with impaired sight, hearing, or who are totally disabled regardless of the entity in which they choose to do business. (SD1)

SB 2871

SD1

RELATING TO HEALTH CARE INSURERS.

Requires health care insurers to file an annual financial report to continue their tax exempt status under income tax and general excise tax laws. Requires audit of health care insurers. (SD1)

SB 3047

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE WAIPAHU COMMUNITY ADULT DAY HEALTH CENTER AND YOUTH DAY CARE CENTER PILOT PROJECT.

Appropriates $350,000 for the Waipahu Community Adult Day Health Center and Youth Day Care Center.

SB 3051

SD1

RELATING TO BONDS.

Authorizes special purpose revenue bonds to construct a 750-bed drug rehabilitation and parole violation center for men and women to be located in Halawa on Oahu. (SD1)

SB 2983

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Requires that the Employees' Retirement System invest an unspecified percentage of its investment portfolio in economically targeted investments and intellectual property.

SB 2350

SD1

RELATING TO TRANSIENT ACCOMMODATIONS TAX.

Caps TAT revenues deposited to tourism special fund at $61,000,000 annually; requires HTA to direct at least $1,000,000 of that amount to support of natural resources; deposits ninety per cent of any TAT revenues over $61,000,000 in state parks special fund and ten per cent in Hawaii statewide trail and access program, up to $2,000,000 annually and requires expenditures in response to master plan developed with HTA; any excess over $63,000,000 to general fund. (SD1)

SB 2556

RELATING TO HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY.

Extends additional flexibility to authority in hiring an executive director; exempts executive director from chapter 88, retirement benefits.

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Senator Brian Taniguchi