COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT
Friday, February 9, 2007
2:00 p.m.
Conference Room 423; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 1432 HD1 (HSCR104) |
RELATING TO STATEWIDE WIRELESS ACCESS. Establishes a statewide wireless access task force to study the feasibility of creating a state owned and operated wireless network. (HB1432 HD1)
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EDB, LMG, FIN |
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HB 1684 HD1 (HSCR64) |
RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL LIAISON FOR THE LEGISLATURE. Creates within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, Office of International Affairs one full-time position to serve as an international liaison for the legislature. Appropriates funds. (HB1684 HD1)
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INT, LMG, FIN |
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HB 1814 |
RELATING TO FAMILY COURT. Allows the legislature to request reports from the board of family court judges.
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LMG, JUD |
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HB 381 |
RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE VACANCIES. Requires the governor, in filling vacancies in the senate, house of representatives, and U.S. Senate, to select from a list of three prospective appointees nominated by the political party of the prior incumbent. Requires prospective appointees to be registered members of nominating political parties for at least six months prior to the appointment. Effective on approval.
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LMG, JUD |
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HB 314 HD1 (HSCR170) |
RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS. Re-establishes the Office of the Small Business Defender within the Legislature. Allows the Small Business Defender to hire attorneys. Appropriates funds.
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EDB, LMG, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
Friday, February 9, 2007
2:05 p.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 1614 |
RELATING TO DRUGS. Appropriates funds to the department of the attorney general to support the activities of the drug nuisance abatement unit.
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JUD, FIN |
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HB 326 (HSCR12) |
RELATING TO CHILDREN. Establishes a two-year statewide task force to evaluate and make recommendations on the State's system responses to cases of child sexual assault and exploitation. Makes appropriations for the task force.
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HSH, JUD, FIN |
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HB 1149 |
RELATING TO DRUGS. Increases the penalties for intent to manufacture a controlled substance with knowledge that a child is present in the structure where the offense occurs.
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JUD |
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HB 1153 |
RELATING TO PRECURSORS TO THE MANUFACTURE OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. Subjects to seizure and forfeiture any money or thing of value, and any vehicle used to transport precursor chemicals for the purpose of manufacturing a controlled substance.
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JUD |
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HB 1157 |
RELATING TO DANGEROUS DRUGS. Repeals obsolete language relating to the crime of promoting a dangerous drug in the second degree.
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JUD |
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HB 330 |
RELATING TO PROSTITUTION. Makes a third and subsequent conviction for prostitution and loitering to engage in or advance prostitution a class C felony.
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JUD |
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HB 1151 |
RELATING TO SENTENCING. Imposes a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for certain theft crimes committed against victims 60 years of age and older.
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JUD |
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HB 1152 |
RELATING TO SENTENCING. Expands the scope of the repeat offender law by requiring mandatory minimum sentences for certain additional repeat crimes.
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JUD |
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HB 778 |
RELATING TO CRIME. Amends the offenses of theft in the first, second, third, and fourth degree to include the theft of government property, services, and infrastructure. Amends the offenses of criminal property damage in the first, second, third, and fourth degree to include the damage or vandalism of government property and infrastructure.
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JUD |
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HB 1158 |
RELATING TO ARSON. Adds recklessness to the state of mind requirement for arson in the fourth degree. Clarifies that 10,000 square feet is only the minimum amount of property damage that is required to trigger special sentencing for arson.
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JUD |
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HB 373 (HSCR2) |
RELATING TO SCRAP DEALERS. Requires scrap seller or scrap seller's agent to disclose the location from which and party from whom scrap was obtained prior to sale to a scrap dealer; increases penalties for violation.
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CPC, JUD |
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HB 1159 |
RELATING TO DRIVER LICENSING. Switches the burden of proof in driving without a license cases from the State to the defendant after the State proves a defendant was driving without a license.
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JUD |
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HB 23 HD1 (HSCR18) |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS. Adds providers and subcontractors to the individuals subject to criminal history record checks for purposes of employment with the Department of Education. Appropriates funds. (HB23 HD1)
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EDN/LAB, JUD, FIN |
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HB 366 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY. Requires persons convicted of offenses relating to manufacturing and trafficking methamphetamines or distributing dangerous drugs in the first degree to register with the attorney general. Makes registration information available to the public.
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JUD |
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HB 351 (HSCR59) |
RELATING TO HIGHWAY SAFETY. Establishes the photo red light imaging detector system program. Authorizes counties to administer the program.
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TRN, JUD, FIN |
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HB 1484 (HSCR54) |
RELATING TO SPEEDING. Imposes graduated fines for violation of noncompliance with speed limit law for 1st to 3rd convictions and deposits fines into speed control special fund under the director of transportation to fund projects to control noncompliance with speeding laws.
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TRN, JUD, FIN |
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HB 430 (HSCR3) |
RELATING TO PAYDAY LENDING. Requires the department of commerce and consumer affairs to regulate the payday lending industry through licensing. Appropriates funds to establish a financial literacy education program.
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CPC, JUD, FIN |
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HB 483 (HSCR4) |
RELATING TO CHECK CASHING. Requires the department of commerce and consumer affairs to regulate the check cashing industry through licensing requirements.
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CPC, JUD, FIN |
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HB 1326 HD1 (HSCR129) |
RELATING TO INSURANCE FRAUD. Expands the authority of the insurance division's insurance fraud investigations unit to prevent, investigate, and prosecute (both civilly and criminally) insurance fraud beyond motor vehicle insurance cases. (HB1326 HD1)
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CPC, JUD, FIN |
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HB 681 HD1 (HSCR68) |
RELATING TO PUBLIC INTEREST ATTORNEYS. Creates and appropriates funds to establish and maintain the University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law public interest law loan repayment program for eligible, licensed attorneys who practice public interest law in Hawaii. (HB681 HD1)
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HED, JUD, FIN |
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HB 435 (HSCR85) |
RELATING TO MOPEDS. Requires mopeds to be inspected annually, to display a certificate of inspection, and to be operated only with an exhaust system that meets original manufacturer specifications.
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TRN, JUD |
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HB 1447 (HSCR53) |
RELATING TO NOISE. Establishes a noise abatement zone for motor vehicles and mopeds and assesses an escalating fine starting at $100 and impoundment of vehicles for transgressors.
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TRN, JUD, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & BUSINESS CONCERNS
Saturday, February 10, 2007
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 325; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 1415 |
RELATING TO HIGH TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS TAX CREDITS. Allows analysis and evaluation of relevant information to determine the economic impact of tax credits granted.
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EDB, FIN |
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HB 1631 |
RELATING TO HIGH TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT. Requires taxpayers claiming the High Technology Business Investment Tax Credit to file certain information with the Auditor.
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EDB, FIN |
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HB 1752 |
RELATING TO TAXATION. Requires DBEDT to obtain and analyze certain information pertaining to tax incentives. Appropriates funds.
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EDB, FIN |
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HB 1897 |
RELATING TO THE HIGH TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT. Reduces the tax credit to 50 percent over five years. Adds additional requirements to the taxpayer's written, certified statement that is required for the high technology business investment tax credit. Requires the Director of Taxation and Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to allow the Auditor to access and analyze certain information related to the tax credit.
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EDB, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE
Saturday, February 10, 2007
10:30 a.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 315 |
RELATING TO FUNDING FOR AGRICULTURAL WATER DISTRIBUTION FOR KULA IN UPCOUNTRY MAUI. Authorizes and appropriates general obligation bonds to provide state matching funds for the construction of a new agricultural water distribution system for Kula in upcountry Maui.
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AGR, FIN |
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HB 780 |
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Requires department of agriculture to reimburse agricultural water user who pays county agriculture water rates the difference between the rate they paid and the rate charged by the state irrigation systems.
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AGR, FIN |
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HB 1059 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO PLAN, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCT A TEST WELL IN UPCOUNTRY MAUI TO SERVE AS THE FIRST PHASE IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A GROUND WATER WELL TO SUPPLEMENT THE UPCOUNTRY MAUI SURFACE WATER SYSTEM. Appropriates funds to plan, design, and construct a test well in upcountry Maui, either in Makawao or Pukalani, to serve as the first phase in the construction of a ground water well to supplement the upcountry surface water system.
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AGR, FIN |
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HB 1616 |
RELATING TO AQUACULTURE. Appropriates funds to develop the concept of, and conduct a feasibility study, including estimated costs, for, the establishment of a primary quarantine and laboratory facility for aquatic species used in the Hawaii aquaculture industry.
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AGR, FIN |
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HB 1155 |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROPERTY DAMAGE. Clarifies calculation of criminal property damages to agricultural products.
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AGR, JUD |
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HB 1218 |
RELATING TO ANIMAL DISEASES. Allows authorities to respond to, control, contain and eliminate any threat to livestock & poultry industries, and public health or safety as a result of any contagious, infectious, or communicable animal disease.
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AGR, JUD |
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HB 1219 |
RELATING TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE LOANS. Increases the amount of money for agricultural loans and aquacultural loans that the chairperson may approve from $25,000 to $75,000.
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AGR, FIN |
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HB 1221 |
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Creates a dairy and egg farm revitalization and food security program. Appropriates $3.3 million in each year of the fiscal biennium.
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AGR, FIN |
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HB 1222 |
RELATING TO LOANS FOR AGRICULTURAL AND AQUACULTURE PURPOSES. Increases aquaculture loan limits for Class A & B loans to $800,000. Makes credit denial requirements identical to the agricultural loan program by eliminating the one loan denial. Creates a "new aquaculturist program". Transfers and incorporates aquaculture funds into the agriculture funds and combines the aquaculture fund expenditure ceiling with the agriculture fund expenditure ceiling.
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AGR, FIN |
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HB 1628 |
RELATING TO HAWAII MACADAMIA NUT PRODUCT LABELING. Requires products with labels representing that a portion of the macadamia nuts in the package were grown in Hawaii, to specify the percentage of Hawaiian-grown macadamia nuts. Prohibits labeling that incorrectly represents that any of the macadamia nuts contained in the package were grown in Hawaii.
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AGR, CPC |
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HB 1778 |
RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST HAWAIIAN DAIRY FARMS, LLC. Authorizes the issuance of up to $37,000,000 in special purpose revenue bonds to assist Hawaiian Dairy Farms, LLC.
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AGR, FIN |
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HB 1793 |
RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. Prohibits the reclassification of certain lands in the Ewa plains out of the agricultural district, except lands set aside for University of Hawaii West Oahu campus.
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AGR, WLH |
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HB 1576 |
RELATING TO THE MOLOKAI IRRIGATION SYSTEM. Makes Molokai irrigation system water users advisory board a governing board. Increases number of members of the board. Allows nomination from Molokai homestead stakeholder organizations.
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AGR, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES & HOUSING AND COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
Monday, February 12, 2007
8:30 a.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
Decision making only:
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HB 104 |
RELATING TO HEALTH. Amends Medicaid fee schedule law to require an annual adjustment for inflation. Appropriates funds to retroactively adjust for inflation, payments made to fee-for-service providers for fiscal year 2001-2002 and bienniums 2002-2005 and 2005-2007. Changes Medicaid fee schedule to 100% of the 2006 Medicare fee schedule.
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HSH/HLT, FIN |
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HB 360 |
RELATING TO MEDICAID. Increases the rates or reimbursement of individual practitioners providing Medicaid services. Appropriates funds.
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HSH/HLT, FIN |
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HB 1363 |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL TRESPASS IN THE SECOND DEGREE. Makes criminal trespass in the second degree applicable to public housing projects administered by the Hawaii Public Housing Authority.
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HSH, JUD |
COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES & HOUSING AND COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
Monday, February 12, 2007
8:31 a.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 1830 |
RELATING TO CHILD PROTECTION. Provides immunity from prosecution for leaving an unharmed newborn at certain safe havens within 72 hours of birth. Provides immunity from liability for personnel at the safe havens for receiving a newborn.
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HSH/HLT, JUD |
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HB 523 |
RELATING TO CHILDREN. Establishes guiding principles for foster children.
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HSH, JUD |
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HB 524 |
RELATING TO CHILD WELFARE. Provides notice of permanent plan hearings to a child who has reached the age of 14.
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HSH, JUD |
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HB 1357 |
RELATING TO CHILD WELFARE SERVICES. Specifies that when the Family Court determines by clear and convincing evidence that the child's parents cannot now or in the reasonable foreseeable future provide the child with a safe family home, the department may submit a permanent plan with a goal of guardianship and the Court may award guardianship to an appropriate entity without termination of parental rights.
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HSH, JUD |
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HB 1694 |
RELATING TO ADOPTION. Establishes a presumption that consent to the adoption given by the mother of the child within days of birth is invalid. Prohibits the mother of a child to consent to adoption before birth of the child.
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HSH, JUD |
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HB 526 |
RELATING TO CHILD CARE. Allows certain qualifying recipients of public assistance to provide full-time, at-home child care to children two years of age or less, and to receive a percentage of the child care subsidy the State would otherwise pay for the child care services.
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HSH, FIN |
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HB 1839 |
RELATING TO CHILD SUPPORT. Appropriates money for the Hawaii Child Support Enforcement Agency to hire more staff to better enforce child support.
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HSH, FIN |
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HB 1043 |
RELATING TO CHILDREN. Establishes a task force to coordinate resources for homeless children; establishes and appropriates funds to a special fund; sunset date.
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HSH, FIN |
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HB 1406 |
RELATING TO ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A MINOR. Expands the crimes of endangering the welfare of a minor in the first and second degrees to include situations in which an adult causes or permits a minor to inject, inhale or use a controlled substance that was not prescribed by a physician.
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HSH, JUD |
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HB 1358 |
RELATING TO THE PURPOSE OF THE HAWAII YOUTH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. Clarifies the purpose of committing youth to the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility.
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HSH, PSM |
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HB 473 |
RELATING TO TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES. Appropriates $ for FY 2007-2008 and $ for FY2008-2009 for the bridge to hope program to accommodate new federal temporary assistance for needy families program recipient-students to enable them to pursue education activities beyond the new two-year federal limit.
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HSH, FIN |
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HB 828 |
RELATING TO SOCIAL SERVICES. Requires the department of human services to develop and implement a "cash and counseling" pilot program and appropriates funds for that purpose.
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HSH, FIN |
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HB 1455 |
RELATING TO QUEST ENROLLMENT. Eliminates cap on enrollment in the QUEST program and make eligible anyone at or below 300 per cent the federal poverty level. Directs the Department of Human Services to apply for an amendment of the state waiver from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Appropriates funds.
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HSH, FIN |
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HB 456 |
RELATING TO MEDICAID. Requires department of human services to directly reimburse sellers of over-the-counter Plan B emergency contraception to women who are recipients of medicaid, without incurring expenses for recipients, who purchase such medication. Appropriations.
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HSH, FIN |
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HB 468 |
RELATING TO MEDICAID. Requires the medically needy program to disregard an amount of income in determining eligibility for the program.
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HSH, FIN |
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HB 1409 |
RELATING TO TAXATION. Provides an additional personal exemption for any dependent age eighteen and younger for households with $200,000 or less in federal adjusted gross income.
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HSH, FIN |
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HB 1942 |
RELATING TO GENERAL EXCISE TAX. Provides a general excise tax exemption for amounts received for the purchase of any food recommended by the Women, Infants and Children Food Program.
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HSH, FIN |
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HB 453 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE STATE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN. Appropriates moneys for the Hawaii state commission on the status of women for programming, travel, and office expenses.
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HSH, FIN |
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HB 1784 |
RELATING TO CRIME. Creates the offense of human trafficking, adds human trafficking to the list of offenses addressed by the crime victim compensation commission, deletes involuntary servitude as part of unlawful imprisonment in the 1st degree, adds human trafficking as a covered offense for forfeitures, and adds human trafficking as an offense involving organized crime and racketeering activity.
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HSH, JUD |
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HB 811 |
RELATING TO ADULT PROTECTION. Amends dependent adult protective services law by: (1) deleting definition of "dependent adult"; (2) extending protections to persons between 18 and 74 years of age if they meet the definition of "vulnerable adult"; (3) adding definition of "elder" to extend protections to persons 75 years or older; (4) enabling the department of human services to investigate and the court to have jurisdiction when reason exists to believe that an elder or vulnerable adult has been abused or is threatened with imminent abuse; and (5) making conforming amendments for style, consistency, and clarity.
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HSH, JUD |
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HB 813 |
RELATING TO NEEDS ALLOWANCE. Establishes a needs allowance for residents of care homes and long-term care facilities.
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HSH, FIN |
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HB 1907 |
RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS THAT PROVIDE HEALTH CARE FACILITIES. Authorizes issuance of special purpose revenue bonds for 15 Craigside, a continuing care retirement community, in Nuuanu.
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HSH, FIN |
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HB 109 |
RELATING TO HOUSING. Short form bill relating to Housing.
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HSH |
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HB 110 |
RELATING TO HOUSING. Short form bill relating to Housing.
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HSH |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES & HOUSING
Monday, February 12, 2007
8:32 a.m.
Conference Room 329; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 1001 |
RELATING TO HOUSING. Exempts any eligible rental project that is dedicated to 100% affordable in perpetuity from the requirements of land use and environmental impact statement laws, and all county land use, charter, ordinance, and rule provisions. Provides that if the eligible project is on public lands, the housing finance and development corporation shall lease the land at $1 per year. Requires that if the land is ceded land then 20% of the units be made available to native Hawaiians. Repealed 6/30/2010.
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HSH, WLH, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Monday, February 12, 2007
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 309; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 496 |
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Increases the State Highway Fund's allotment and expenditure for bikeways to five per cent of federally eligible moneys and requires that five per cent of the Fund's moneys expended for the construction, maintenance, and repair of county roads be used to improve county walkways to enhance pedestrian use and access.
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TRN, FIN |
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HB 931 |
RELATING TO MOPEDS. Exempts certain three wheeled mopeds from passenger and seating restrictions on the operation of mopeds.
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TRN, JUD |
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HB 1444 |
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE ALARM SYSTEMS. Prohibits motor vehicle alarm manufacturers from causing to be sold in the State alarm systems that cannot electronically notify the motor vehicle owner that the alarm is being activated. Prohibits motor vehicle owners from operating a vehicle that lacks electronic notification capability. Subjects violators to traffic code penalties.
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TRN, JUD |
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HB 1445 |
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE ALARM SYSTEMS. Prohibits the use of audible motor vehicle alarms in the State. Prohibits motor vehicle owners from operating a motor vehicle with an alarm system that lacks electronic capability. Subjects violators to traffic code penalties.
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TRN, JUD |
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HB 1446 |
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES. Permits motor vehicle backup warning beepers to be disabled if the vehicle is equipped with a rear view camera system, or a watchperson is on duty.
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TRN, JUD |
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HB 332 |
RELATING TO TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. Allows audible reverse warning system to be manually turned off between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., provided the vehicle is guided by a person other than the driver of the vehicle
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TRN, JUD |
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HB 443 |
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE NOISE. Amends motor vehicle muffler noise law to provide a schedule of increased fines for the second, third, and subsequent violations. Decreases the maximum penalty for the first violation from $250 to $100.
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TRN, JUD |
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HB 156 |
RELATING TO THE USE OF MOBILE PHONES WHILE DRIVING. Prohibits the use of a mobile telephone while driving unless equipped with a hands-free accessory and being used in the hands-free mode. Exempts mobile radios.
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TRN, JUD |
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HB 1205 |
RELATING TO TRAFFIC ABSTRACTS. Clarifies the content requirements for traffic abstracts.
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TRN, JUD |
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HB 1215 |
RELATING TO TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS. Expands scope of traffic infractions law to include infractions committed by minors. Permits concurrent trials and clarifies requirements. Clarifies citation form requirements. Authorizes use of electronic citations.
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TRN, JUD |
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HB 1254 |
RELATING TO CHAPTER 291E, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES. Creates a felony charge for those who drive after a court revoked their license for DUI convictions and a new criminal offense for those who drive after a court suspended their license for DUI convictions.
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TRN, JUD |
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HB 1686 |
RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSE. Repeals the option to impose a 30-day prison term as a penalty for driving without a license for drivers whose license to operate mopeds, motor scooters, motorcycles, passenger cars, and trucks or vans having a gross vehicle weight rating of 15,000 pounds or less expired within the 90 days preceding the violation.
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TRN, JUD |
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HB 1426 |
RELATING TO DEFERRED PLEAS. Conforms deferred acceptance of guilty law to the federal commercial driver licensing law for consistency.
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TRN, JUD |
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HB 1421 |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL PROPERTY DAMAGE. Establishes a fine and requires community service and the revocation of driver's license for a one-year period for graffiti violation on public or private property.
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TRN, JUD |
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HB 1559 |
RELATING TO HIGHWAYS. Makes flexible highway design applicable to Koolau Loa Coastal Highway from Kaaawa to Waimea on Oahu, and to Lower Puna to Kapoho Coastal Road on the island of Hawaii.
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TRN, FIN |
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HB 779 |
RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. Appropriates funds for the reconfiguration of the portion of the H-1 Freeway over the Kunia interchange in the eastbound direction, to provide for a third lane of travel.
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TRN, FIN |
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HB 720 |
RELATING TO TOLL ROADS. Authorizes director of transportation to impose toll charges on existing highways or construct new toll roads. Provides for agreement with private entities to construct, operate, and maintain toll roads. Requires prior feasibility study.
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TRN, FIN |
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HB 1951 |
RELATING TO CARGO SERVICE. Requires the Department of Transportation and Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, to study and recommend solutions to tentative plans by Young Brothers Ltd. to discontinue its less-than-container-load cargo service after January 1, 2010.
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TRN, EDB |
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HB 155 |
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. Requires the Department of Transportation, to the extend practicable, to comply with county outdoor lighting ordinances that are more stringent than other laws and regulations at airports, harbors, and highways.
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TRN, FIN |
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HB 1429 |
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. Increases fines imposed on users and tenants who violate chapter 266, the department's administrative rules, or any lawful command of any harbor master, agent, or district manager. Allows for a full recovery of fines imposed on the DOT for violations of federal and state air and water pollution laws committed by harbor users and tenants.
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TRN, JUD |
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HB 481 |
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO INSTALL NAVIGATION LIGHTS ON THE BRIDGE OVER KALANIANAOLE HIGHWAY AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE HAWAII KAI MARINA ON OAHU. Appropriates $ in FY 2007-2008 to department of transportation to install navigation lights on the bridge over Kalanianaole highway at the entrance to the Hawaii Kai marina, upon the provision by the United States Coast Guard of the necessary specifications.
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TRN, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, OCEAN RESOURCES & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS
Monday, February 12, 2007
9:00 a.m.
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 240 |
RELATING TO SMALL BOATING FACILITIES. Requires that at least % of the funds in the Boating Special Fund be used for costs of maintenance and repair of existing small boat harbor improvements, and % of the funds be used for principal and interest for capital improvements.
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WLH, FIN |
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HB 258 |
RELATING TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. Establishes the Ala Wai community development district. Provides development objectives and guidelines. Provides for request for proposals for the private redevelopment and operation of Ala Wai boat harbor. Transfers Ala Wai boat harbor from department of land and natural resources to Hawaii community development authority.
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WLH, FIN |
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HB 960 |
RELATING TO SMALL BOAT HARBORS. Authorizes the Board of Land and Natural Resources to designate a small boat harbor improvement project if it determines that there is need for replanning, renewal, or redevelopment of the facilities and infrastructure. Provides a means for financing.
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WLH, FIN |
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HB 1387 |
RELATING TO DERELICT VESSELS. Clarifies DLNR's jurisdictional responsibility on the removal of derelict vessels.
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WLH, JUD |
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HB 1849 |
RELATING TO BOATING. Increases mooring fees by 50% on 01/01/08, and by an additional 10% each subsequent 01/01 over the next 4 years.
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WLH, FIN |
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HB 1914 |
RELATING TO BOATING. Prohibits a person from mooring a boat at a state small boat harbor unless the person has obtained sufficient insurance to cover boat removal costs should the boat run aground.
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WLH, FIN |
Decision making to follow.
COMMITTEE ON WATER, LAND, OCEAN RESOURCES & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS
Monday, February 12, 2007
9:30 a.m.
Conference Room 312; State Capitol
AGENDA:
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HB 1832 |
RELATING TO OUTDOOR ADVERTISING. Limits the size of outdoor advertising displays on residential property.
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WLH, JUD |
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HB 1607 |
RELATING TO PUBLIC BEACHES. Establishes and appropriates funds for a pilot security program using infrared camera technology at Canoe Beach in Lahaina, Maui.
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WLH, FIN |
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HB 278 |
RELATING TO ANIMAL CRUELTY. Bans the use of snares in the capture of animals except for use by state, federal, or county officials in protecting public health and safety.
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WLH, JUD |
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HB 628 |
RELATING TO ANIMALS. Allows restrained dogs in state parks in designated areas with access to the shoreline; limits State's liability.
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WLH, JUD |
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HB 633 |
RELATING TO FENCING. Adjoining landowner liable for damage to animals and fences if landowner maintains a structure, use, or condition that attracts animals and causes them to break a lawful fence.
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WLH, JUD |
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HB 1831 |
RELATING TO GAME MANAGEMENT AREAS. Requires public and private game management areas to be fenced.
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WLH, FIN |
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HB 711 |
RELATING TO WATER SYSTEMS. Permits water user with a water meter to maintain private water catchment system for non-potable uses.
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WLH |
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HB 260 |
RELATING TO APPRAISALS OF RESOURCE VALUE LANDS. Establishes procedures for the appraisal of resource value lands.
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WLH, FIN |
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HB 150 HD1 (HSCR20) |
RELATING TO HOUSING. Increases the share of the conveyance tax dedicated to the Rental Housing Trust Fund to 65 percent. Appropriates funds to repair and renovate state public housing, provide outreach and support services to the homeless, operate emergency and transitional shelters, and for Shelter Plus Care grants. (HB150 HD1)
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HB 1107 |
RELATING TO LAND USE. Establishes the Liliha-Palama community development district within the administration of the Hawaii community development authority.
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HB 1737 |
RELATING TO LAND USE. Directs office of planning to prepare and file petition with the land use commission to reclassify TMK: 6-5-001:020, at Waimea, Hawaii, from the agricultural district to the conservation district. Directs county of Hawaii to not issue any permits allowing the development of the parcel pending the final disposition of the petition.
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HB 1271 |
RELATING TO PLANNING. Authorizes a pilot project that would allow plan-based petitions submitted jointly by the state and county for land use district boundary amendments to be conducted under quasi-legislative proceedings rather than the present quasi-judicial proceedings. Provides for an evaluation of the pilot project.
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HB 416 (HSCR90) |
RELATING TO AIRPORTS. Exempts structures and improvements to land used for airport purposes from special management area permitting requirements and approval of county agencies.
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HB 1499 |
RELATING TO OCEAN RESOURCES. Authorizes administrative inspections of bags and containers used to carry aquatic life, or vehicles or conveyances to transport aquatic life; repeals the probable cause requirement; directs the department of land and natural resources to create an administrative search scheme.
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Decision making to follow.